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Inside the lucrative smuggling operation that sees millions of Chinese cigarettes pass through Texas
Courtesy / Policia Nacional
June 29, 2021
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Not drugs, weapons or gems.
It was cigarettes. Cartons upon cartons of black market cigarettes for export.
An 80-year-old Mission man and two young associates were convicted and sentenced for trying to move the stash. The elder player in the scheme admitted he intended to smuggle nearly 423 million cigarettes through Texas into Mexico.
The case provides a glimpse into the operations of Chinese firms that are well on their way to taking over the global tobacco market.
Although cigarettes seem an unlikely product to smuggle they’re legal in most places they represent a lucrative business that can include big profits and tax savings. And they give those backing the smugglers a way into the economies of other countries and sometimes the leverage to persuade governments to put in place more favorable policies, rep
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Babyjabs.co.uk said the vaccine “could be causing autism in up to 10% of autistic children in the UK”. It also said: “Most experts now agree that the large rise (in autism) has been caused partly by increased diagnosis, but also by a real increase in the number of children with autism.”
A further claim said the vaccine-strain measles virus has been found in the gut and brain of some autistic children, which supports many parents’ belief that the MMR vaccine caused autism in their children.
One person complained that the claims are misleading and unsubstantiated.
Defending the claims, Babyjabs referred to one study in particular from 2002, which it considered to be one of the strongest pieces of evidence that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism but which it claimed includes the lead author’s conclusion: