Rogue unit ramifications on the cigarette industry

As revealed in Tobacco Wars, the destruction of the Sars investigation units still costs SA billions every year, writes Graeme Hosken

28 July 2019 - 00:00 By GRAEME HOSKEN

Rogue spies, industrial espionage operations and campaigns to manipulate senior government intelligence officers have destroyed SA’s ability to combat the country’s R5bn annual illicit tobacco trade, according to a new book by former South African Revenue Service (Sars) executive Johann van Loggerenberg...

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