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Record Ref : FOI 11492
Date Received : 01/07/2025
Date Completed : 07/07/2025
Organisation : Private Individual
Application Type : Private Individual
Category : Enforcement and Court Cases
Question
Subject: Illegal/Counterfeit Tobacco/Cigarettes Seizures and Prosecutions I request the following information for each of the past five years, starting from January 1, 2019: 1. Seizure Data: o The total quantity of illegal/counterfeit tobacco (e.g., number of cigarettes, kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco, or other relevant measures) seized by trading standards officers each year. o The total number of instances (i.e., separate occasions) of such seizures each year. 2. Prosecutions: o The number of prosecutions launched by trading standards against sellers of illegal/counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes each year. o The number of successful prosecutions each year. o The number of unsuccessful prosecutions each year.
Answer
Subject: Illegal/Counterfeit Tobacco/Cigarettes Seizures and Prosecutions I request the following information for each of the past five years, starting from January 1, 2019: 1. Seizure Data: o The total quantity of illegal/counterfeit tobacco (e.g., number of cigarettes, kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco, or other relevant measures) seized by trading standards officers each year. 2019 Cigarettes - 31880 HRT – 9.4kg 2020 Cigarettes - nil HRT - nil 2021 Cigarettes - nil HRT - nil 2022 Cigarettes - 3380 HRT – 0.9Kg 2023 Cigarettes - nil HRT - nil 2024 Cigarettes - nil HRT - nil o The total number of instances (i.e., separate occasions) of such seizures each year. 2019 - 2 2020 - 0 2021 - 0 2022 - 1 2023 - 0 2024 - 0 2. Prosecutions: o The number of prosecutions launched by trading standards against sellers of illegal/counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes each year. o The number of successful prosecutions each year. 2019 – nil – but Closure Order used once 2020 - 3 2021 – 1 (warrant for arrest and returned to court after failing to turn up for previous sentence in 2020) 2022 – case transferred to TSW Regional Intel team. 2023 - nil 2024 - nil o The number of unsuccessful prosecutions each year -NIL