By cryptoandcoffee on Skatehive
source These codes on a packet of cigarettes used to be important more for stock rotation as cigarettes do have a shelf life. They were used for checking stock and a good example was stock having been moved in a truck with washing powder that was now damaged as tobacco absorbs smells and was now not fit for sale. We also did raids which I will talk about later in the article. This is one topic I know of very well having been involved in the cigarette business for most of my career. The illicit trade is reportedly costing the county around R100 million a day in lost excise duty. This is more than what the South African Revenue Services require to plug their short fall. This is actually a simple fix for those that understand this business and with this problem not being fixed you have to ask the questions why and who is benefitting from back handers. Knowing how the excise duties work having had to forecast orders in the UK before the budget announcement you do wonder why there is a prob