50 thousand packs per day: in Uman, one of Ukraine’s largest underground tobacco factories was liquidated

50 thousand packs per day: in Uman, one of Ukraine’s largest underground tobacco factories was liquidated

Major counterfeit operation: an illegal cigarette factory has been shut down in the Cherkasy region.

Illegal cigarette production stopped in Uman, which operated at an industrial scale.

What scheme was uncovered?

The illegal workshop produced up to 50 thousand packs of cigarettes daily.
Organizers—seven residents of Cherkasy, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts—set up the production of counterfeits of popular Ukrainian and European brands.
Production operated continuously: full-cycle lines were placed in the warehouse with backup power sources.
Ready-made cigarettes were sold through retail networks across Ukraine.

Search results:
Property worth about 30 million hryvnias was confiscated, including:
- production line;
- almost 296 thousand packs of ready-made cigarettes;
- 95 bags of tobacco, packaging materials, and 138 rolls of paper;
- over 36 thousand US dollars, a cargo vehicle, and draft records.