Press Release: Irish authorities make record cigarette seizure

'Absolutely delighted' was the reaction of staff at OLAF, the European Commission Anti-Fraud Office, to the news of 28 October that the authorities in Ireland had seized over 120 million contraband cigarettes in Greenore Port, County Louth, in what is thought to be that largest single seizure ever made in the EU. The cigarettes, with a potential revenue loss of €40 million, had been shipped from the Philippines to Ireland, mis-described as animal feed and were seized following a major international operation involving OLAF.