Why chase contractors when there's more money to be made elsewhere

[darmstadt]

The first time some nutter with a grievance against imperial aggression by the West / animal rights / HMRC had the bright idea of smuggling a case of alcohol that had been deliberately poisoned, in the knowledge it would be confiscated and sold on by HMRC, would put paid to that sort of scheme. You can't just assume that products you confiscate satisfy the same quality and safety requirements as those that are imported legally.

Which is currently why you can't buy alcohol over 20% proof in the Czech Republic due to the fact that a number of cheap rip-offs came onto the market a while ago and quite a few people are dead! At the German borders with most East European countries (also in Berlin) there is a lot of smuggling and trade of dodgy cigarettes from these and far Eastern countries which have been found to contain some of the most foul mixtures known to man (not including tobacco) and are causing numerous health problems.