Presentation by Ms. Ilia Syrigou, Ministry of Justice, Greece at the OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade (TF-CIT) meeting 28-29 March 2017. For more information see www.oecd.org/gov/risk/task-force-on-countering-illicit-trade-meeting-2017.htm

1. Scientific tools that make the
policy of shrinking illicit trade of
cigarettes more effective

2. Ring of Illicit Cigarette Suppliers

3. Supply Rings
Demand
Reduction

4. How can countries promote demand side reduction
measures to complement supply side and enforcement
efforts?
What measures are available to demonstrate the
success of failure of demand reduction efforts?
How can policies that aim to increase formal economic
activity reduce demand for illicit goods?
5th OECD Task Force meeting on Countering Illicit Trade

5. 1st Step

6. Concerning how the population evaluates and what significance it
attributes to smoking and in particular illicit smoking.
With what views do all the above groups agree or disagree with regard
to illicit smoking.
What are the social characteristics of the groups, as these are
formulated by their positions against the illicit trade in cigarettes.
How they themselves describe and evaluate the problem.
Who in their opinion bears responsibility for the existence of the
problem?
What are the solutions that they believe would be most effective in
dealing with the problem of illicit cigarettes.

7. To the context in which these
people are in
To crack the code of the socio-
ideological profile of the people
who purchase illicit cigarettes and
who we wish to influence.

8. Perceptions regarding the functioning of the state system:
Do they dispute the state system, do they think their vote is in vain.
Degree of the anti-systemic current
How vulnerable do they feel in this fragile socio-economic environment.
Do they believe they will be able to achieve their goals, or, on the
contrary that they risk pauperization, and be unable to pay their bills
even?
How do they place and evaluate themselves in this environment? Do
they believe that they will have a better social position in the future
from what they have today?
What are the fundamental moral values of the group we wish to
influence

9. 30,6% of the smokers in our sample had
experienced smoking cheap whites.
Το 20,4% of the smokers had experienced
smoking counterfeits
Survey results:

10. Price
Taste
Symptoms of discomfort
• Appearance of the packet
• Quality of packaging
• General pictures of the packet
Factors for consuming
cheap whites and
counterfeits

11. Survey results:
With reference to the position of
consumers with regard to the
matter of illicit cigarettes
the most popular views are the
following:

12. The government should ensure more resources to combat
illicit trade.
When, however, the matter is raised of whether there
should be a rise in taxation in order to enhance the special
services for the combat of illicit trade, the support of the
population is at middling levels.

13. the health of those smoking illicit cigarettes is in danger.
failure to activate the state in the combat against illicit
trade is a problem.
the majority maintains that the purchase of illicit cigarettes
enhances criminal and terrorist organizations and thus
constitutes a significant threat for internal security.

14. It is not in the interest of the state to let the market
for illicit cigarettes go unchecked is strong.
The growth in the market for illicit cigarettes obliges
the government to offset the loss in revenue through
increases in tax, which hurts the poorer strata of
society.
The main cause of illicit trade is corruption. In order
to deal with the illicit trade in cigarettes the rings of
state employees taking bribes must be broken up

15. Intense anxiety over the possibility that their children or
children in their environment may be seduced into
purchasing illicit cigarettes was registered in the study.
Dissatisfaction with the protection provided by laws and
the responsible state functionaries against the illicit trade
in cigarettes.
Apart from the state citizens must also be activated for
this fight

16. 2nd Step

18. Experimentally checking

21. 1st Step + 2nd Step =
Reduction the demand of Illicit Cigarettes