Counterfeit Cuban Cigars Market Value: $100 Million

Posted on May 10, 2008
Filed Under Black Market Index, counterfeit and piracy |

Counterfeit Cuban Cigars are fake cigars that are sold under Cuban brand names.

Hundred of millions of dollars are believed to be lost to counterfeit Cubans annually.

Source: Doreen Hemlock, ” Beware of cigar imposters” , South Florida Sun-Sentinel, April 9, 2006.

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