The report analyses the participation of transportation companies in smuggling practices, more specifically:

• it examines and describes a range of companies and individuals involved in organized crime groups whose main business is the trafficking of consumer goods.

• it also gives and overview of the criminal and semi-legal networks involved in smuggling Chinese and Turkish goods.

• it presents new data on oil and oil products smuggling.

• it examines the role of duty-free shops and their involvement in illicit cigarettes imports.