January 30, 2025

Record €128m In Illegal Tobacco Seizures In 2024 “Tip Of The Iceberg” – RAS | Checkout.ie

Retailers Against Smuggling calls on incoming government to tackle rising illicit trade January 29, 2025 12:00 PM Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS) have congratulated the Revenue Commission and Gardaí for their successes […]
January 6, 2025

Retailer lobby group warns of surge in cigarette and medicine smuggling | The Irish Times

Retailers Against Smuggling calls on incoming government to tackle rising illicit trade 27 December 2024 A survey published earlier this year by the Revenue Commissioners found […]
October 22, 2024

Ireland’s Cigarette Smuggling 63 million euro loss to the Exchequer – Meath Live

October 17 2024 Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS) welcomes this week’s seizure by Revenue, of 8 million cigarettes in County Meath, as pictured above. This most recent […]
October 7, 2024

Ireland’s puritanical attack on smokers I The Spectator

October 04 2024 While the UK braces itself for a budget so tight we can already hear the pips squeaking from across the Irish sea, this […]
October 1, 2024

Illegal cigarette sellers are big winners in Budget 2025

October 01 2024 Government has decided to reward criminal gangs at the expense of legitimate retailers Retailers Against Smuggling is extremely disappointed with the Government’s decision […]
September 26, 2024

Retailers Call For Budget 2025 To Tackle Ireland’s Smuggling Problem – Checkout.ie

July 05 2024 Retailers Against Smuggling (RAS) has this week called on the government to rethink its policy approach towards smuggling and illicit trade in Ireland ahead of the […]
September 26, 2024

From dodgy boxes to illegal cigarettes: One in four Irish people say they buy black market products – Irish Independent

May 03 2024 Around a quarter of Irish people have bought black market products in the past year, according to a poll. The findings highlight the […]
September 26, 2024

Retailers Against Smuggling Reveal 25% of Irish People Bought Products Off the Black Market – Checkout.ie

May 02 2024 A quarter of Irish people have purchased items on the black market in the last year according to a new poll by Retailers Against […]
September 26, 2024

Retailers group call for ‘smuggling tsunami’ to be tackled after Cork Cigarette Seizure – The Corkman, Irish Independent

July 31 2024 A group which represents the interests of over 3,000 small and medium-sized retailers has called on the Government to further tackle Ireland’s “smuggling […]