
The Tobacco War: Australia's Billion-Dollar Black Market | Chris Vedelago
From Real Crime with Adam Shand
Published 5/10/2026

From Real Crime with Adam Shand
Published 5/10/2026
Australia's illicit tobacco war has a new front — and it's more dangerous than ever. When tobacco kingpin Kaz Hamad was captured in Iraq earlier this year, many hoped it would signal the beginning of the end for the country's booming black market cigarette trade. Instead, his disappearance…