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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sep. 26 2024

Source Page: Trafficking of cultural property: UK statement to the OSCE
Document: Trafficking of cultural property: UK statement to the OSCE (webpage)

Found: the critical role that cross-border cooperation plays in combating transnational crime, including the illicit

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Transport

Sep. 26 2024

Source Page: STATS19 forms and guidance
Document: (PDF)

Found: vehicles displaying trade plates. B.

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Transport

Sep. 26 2024

Source Page: STATS19 forms and guidance
Document: (webpage)

Found: used ii. military vehicles e.g. 11aa11, aa11aa other formats are also be used iii. vehicles displaying trade

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Transport

Sep. 26 2024

Source Page: STATS19 forms and guidance
Document: (PDF)

Found: i. foreign o r diplomatic vehi cles; ii. military vehicl es; iii. vehicle s displaying trade

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sep. 26 2024

Source Page: Statistics on International Development: final UK ODA spend 2023
Document: (PDF)

Found: Cl imate Promise; Demand -Led Challenge Funds such as Darwin, Darwin +, and the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Sep. 24 2024

Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in New York, September 2024
Document: G7 foreign ministers' statement in New York, September 2024 (webpage)

Found: appreciated the efforts of those countries that are committed to protect freedom of navigation and trade

Scottish Parliament Committee
A report by the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on the Environmental Protection (Single-Use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
 Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Environmental Protection (Single-Use Vapes) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (draft)

Report Sep. 19 2024

Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: trade’ of vapes in responses tended to cover two broad areas: first, the fact that there is existing

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)

Sep. 17 2024

Source Page: Health briefing packs ahead of Scottish Parliament health committee: FOI release
Document: FOI 202400392694 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: • There is a number of reasons for the decrease, including diversion onto the illicit market, patterns

Written Question
Tobacco: Smuggling
Tuesday 17th September 2024

Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking at a retail level to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.

Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HMRC works closely with local authorities to help tackle illicit tobacco trade at a retail level.

In January 2021 HMRC and National Trading Standards launched Operation CeCe. This joint initiative builds on decades of partnership working with local Trading Standards Officers.

HMRC funds Operation CeCe with the money being allocated by National Trading Standards to local authority Trading Standards. This supports them to undertake enforcement activity including the sharing of information and intelligence to target and seize illegal tobacco, disruption of the illicit tobacco market and prevention of fraud in their area.

In its first two years of operation more than 28 million cigarettes and nearly 8 tonnes of illicit hand rolling-tobacco were seized.

In July 2023 new powers were given to Trading Standards to make referrals to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) where they find evidence of tobacco products that do not comply with the UK Tobacco Track and Trace System.

In January 2024, HMRC published a new Illicit Tobacco Strategy ‘Stubbing out the problem’. The Strategy sets out how HMRC intends to build on the success of Operation CeCe by increasing the level of funding available to Trading Standards.

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Sep. 16 2024

Source Page: Joint statement between UK and Italy: 16 September 2024
Document: Joint statement between UK and Italy: 16 September 2024 (webpage)

Found: enhance cooperation on asset freezing and confiscation, looking to develop a joint taskforce on combating illicit