The Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency (AEAT) seized more than 3.5 tonnes of contraband tobacco distributed in small packages until August, 72% more than what was seized a year ago , already exceeding the quantities confiscated by this type of contraband throughout the country. 2023, when 3.2 tonnes were seized.
The progressive growth of the illicit sale of chopped tobacco, as reported by the AEAT in a press release, through advertising on the Internet and subsequent distribution in small packages, has led the Tax Administration and the Tabac Table to deploy a plan special to combat this phenomenon with the elimination of illicit advertisements on the network and the triggering of administrative contraband offenses.
Thanks to this joint work, from 2022 to last August, 6,366 online Stings sales listings were removed, including 1,872 in the first eight months of the year.
Thus, the agency warns that the sale of tobacco products online is a prohibited sale and for sellers, intermediaries and buyers, when the facts constitute an offense, there are fines of up to 600% of the value of the tobacco seized. as well as, where applicable, the closure of the establishment or the suspension of the exercise of the activity for a period of up to one year.
