NYIREGYHAZA, Hungary: In a parking lot in Nyiregyhaza, a Hungarian town near the Ukrainian border, Imre describes his black-market cigarette operation, whose business is booming thanks to a controversial government tobacco crackdown.

“We sell several hundred cartons per day,” says the young man, who is using a fake name. His colleague “Janos” explains how the contraband merchandise crosses the Tisza river in small rafts.

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