{
  "id": 12923794,
  "title": "'Essentially unstoppable': How tobacco cartels funnel cash offshore",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/essentially-unstoppable-how-tobacco-cartels-funnel-cash-offshore",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/how-australian-tobacco-cartels-funnel-cash-offshore/107232058"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Australia's illicit tobacco trade has become so lucrative that criminal overlords have built a secret pipeline suspected of smuggling tens of millions of dollars overseas.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}