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The huge difference between the price of cigarettes in Australia and almost everywhere else in the world means that large profits can be made by diverting legal cigarettes from other countries to Australia

From the point of view of most smokers, smuggled cigarettes, which generally cost between $20 and $30, are preferable to the alternative: counterfeit cigarettes, which generally cost between $6 and $15

Dave McKelvey, managing director of TM Eye private investigators, which works with tobacco firms to gather evidence on the illicit trade, claims that Fujian-based Chinese triads operate a "vast business" here in the UK

What types of goods and services are commonly found in black markets

"They're not just dealing in tobacco," she says

But this is not only a Hull problem