In the first 10 months of 2025, Romanian authorities seized over 186 million contraband cigarettes, with an estimated black-market value of 172,878,529 lei – more than three times the total seizures recorded in 2024, according to data aggregated on the www.stopcontrabanda.ro platform, the only real-time tracker of illegal cigarette seizures in Romania. BAT continues to support authorities’ efforts to combat smuggling through a new donation of equipment for border surveillance, adding to a