1973 Press Photo Men Smuggling Tobbacco From Switzerland To Italy

A good year for cigarettes smugglers: In spite of intensified efforts by the Italian Customs the Cigarette Smugglers at the Swiss-Italian border is on the increase. There has been approximatively 15 million kilogramms smuggeled from Switzerland to Italy worth about 330 Millions of Lire. Which is a heavy loss for the Italian Tobacco State Monopoly. Photo shows two of the smuggelers about to cross into Italy with another batch of cigarettes.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated 2-1-1973.



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