(Adnkronos) - Ricozzi: “Abbiamo analizzato il fenomeno per un anno, parliamo di un mercato stimato intorno 20 miliardi di euro l'anno, con entrate fiscali per 14,5 miliardi, e tutto questo viene messo in pericolo dal contrabbando e dalla contraffazione. C'è l'interesse erariale e l'interesse alla salute, una tassazione eccessiva potrebbe favorire il contrabbando ma una tassazione inferiore potrebbe favorire il consumo” ha detto Carlo Ricozzi, già Generale CA Guardia di Finanza e Coordinatore del Tavolo di Lavoro MACISTE, a margine della presentazione del “2° Rapporto sul commercio illecito nel settore tabacco e E-cig” realizzato da Eurispes, in collaborazione con la Fondazione Osservatorio Agromafie e con il contributo di Philip Morris Italia
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00:00 The results of the report are given by the sharing of data, analysis by all the institutions
00:12 that face the phenomenon of smuggling and smuggling.
00:16 The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
00:22 then again the police forces, companies like the Philip Morris.
00:28 We have studied and analyzed the phenomenon for a whole year to understand all together
00:34 the importance of the numbers and the data at stake.
00:38 We are talking about a market estimated at around 20 billion euros per year, with tax revenues
00:44 of 14.5 billion euros.
00:46 And all this is put in danger by smuggling and smuggling.
00:51 There are also conflicting interests, because there is the interest in the real world, but
00:56 there is also the interest in health.
00:58 So an excessive taxation could favor smuggling, but a lower taxation could
01:04 favor consumption.
01:06 The role of Italy is important because we monitor the external border of the European Union
01:11 and in particular on the flows and transit routes that start from North Africa and China.
01:17 So our ports in the Mediterranean, what is called the Silk Road, are interested
01:24 in these traffics.
01:25 And then the whole Eastern European Channel.
01:29 The Russian-Ukrainian war did not reduce these traffics.
01:34 So the vigilance at the external borders of the Union is an important task for Italy.