11.   Some said there was dissension over contraband cigarettes.

12.   Still, smuggling continues because of high tobacco taxes and because Italy has long tolerated street vendors hawking contraband cigarettes.

13.   They have been jailed for offenses ranging from murder to pickpocketing and selling contraband cigarettes.

14.   To be sure, in cities from Naples to Bogota, Colombia, the image of street peddlers hawking contraband cigarettes has been an enduring one.

15.   Authorities said he recently moved to Greece from the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro, which is a gateway for many contraband cigarette rings.

16.   Crime gangs on both sides of the sea are believed to cooperate in trafficking in arms, drugs and contraband cigarettes as well as smuggling into Italy illegal immigrants.

17.   He noted that North Korean diplomats routinely have been caught selling illicit drugs and contraband cigarettes and trading in counterfeit money.

18.   However, Hanoi began a program in February to sell confiscated contraband cigarettes through designated agents, Robertson said.

19.   Naples is one of the centers for contraband cigarettes in Italy.

20.   Ostbirk said the Vietnamese government hopes to discourage imports of contraband cigarettes from China and other neighboring countries by approving the new ventures.