NCJ Number
230048
Journal
British Journal of Criminology Volume: 50 Issue: 2 Dated: March 2010 Pages: 239-258
Date Published
March 2010
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This article aims at providing an account of the social organization of the cigarette counterfeiting business in the People's Republic of China - a business that has been feeding the cigarette black markets around the globe.
Abstract
Specifically, the article aims to exhibit the scale and nature of cigarette counterfeiting in mainland China, describe the practices and actors in the different phases of the trade, and examine the role of corruption and violence in the particular business. It argues that cigarette counterfeiting is one of the side effects of China's reform and 'opening up' policy, and a feature of the country's economic development process. Table and references (Published Abstract)