黑市烟草贸易继续蓬勃发展，因为卖家转向使用假冒包装来规避禁令，这促使人们呼吁尽快通过更严格的法律。
The black-market tobacco trade continues to thrive as sellers turn to counterfeit packaging to skirt bans, prompting calls for the urgent passing of tougher laws.
提供给联邦政府的情报显示，澳大利亚式无品牌包装的香烟正在东南亚仓库以工业规模非法生产。
Intelligence provided to the federal government shows cigarettes in plain Australian-style packaging are being produced illegally at an industrial scale in south-east Asian warehouses.
由犯罪集团拥有和运营的工厂，主要位于柬埔寨，正在大量生产越来越精致的假冒产品，这些产品仿制了常见品牌。一些假冒包装甚至印有澳大利亚的健康警告。
Factories owned and operated by criminal syndicates, primarily based in Cambodia, are pumping out increasingly sophisticated fake products that replicate common brands. Some of the counterfeit packaging is even branded with Australian health warnings.
这一生产情况促使海关部长朱利安·希尔敦促议会尽快通过严格法律。
The production has prompted the customs minister, Julian Hill, to urge parliament to pass tough laws as soon as possible.
一项关于烟草贸易的新法案预计将在本周四的参议院进行辩论。该法案将赋予执法部门更强的权力，以发现和破坏非法烟草贸易链条，包括切断犯罪利润。但希尔担心，海外精密生产的香烟正变得越来越难以发现或阻止。
A new bill on the tobacco trade is expected to be debated in the Senate on Thursday. It would give law enforcement stronger powers to detect and disrupt illegal tobacco trade lines, including choking off criminal profits. But Hill was concerned the sophisticated overseas production of cigarettes was becoming increasingly hard to detect or stop.
他说：“严重且有组织的犯罪集团已经利用全球烟草的廉价过剩供应，为了赚钱什么都愿意做。”“罪犯将继续调整他们的策略。”
"Serious and organised criminal syndicates have weaponised the cheap oversupply of tobacco globally and will do anything to make a buck," he said. "The crooks will continue to adapt their tactics.
“这凸显了赋予州、领地和联邦当局这些新权力的紧迫性，以便追究所有参与非法烟草贸易的人员，包括供应链和零售终端，”他说。
"This highlights the urgency of equipping state, territory and commonwealth authorities with these new powers to go after anyone involved in the illegal tobacco trade, including the supply chains and retail outlets," he said.
多个州和领地一直在加强执法措施，包括对黑市店面进行突击检查。昆士兰州采取了最严厉的措施，因此合法香烟销售有所增长。
Several states and territories have been cracking down on enforcement measures, including blitzes of black-market shopfronts. Queensland has taken the hardest line and legal cigarette sales have grown as a result.
上周，新南威尔士州警方在全州关闭了10家零售店，其中包括悉尼西南部的8家。
NSW police closed 10 retailers across the state last week, including eight in south-west Sydney.
仅在10月6日和7日两天内，新南威尔士州卫生检查员就查获了42万支非法香烟、约60公斤散装烟叶以及数千支非法电子烟——与今年以来已查获的2.4吨烟草相比，这些数量较小。
Across just two days on 6 and 7 October, NSW health inspectors seized 420,000 illegal cigarettes, about 60kg of loose-leaf tobacco and thousands of illicit vapes – small numbers compared with the 2.4 tonnes of tobacco confiscated since the start of the year.
由于新南威尔士州政府加大执法力度，一些商店已被关闭超过90天。
Some shops have been closed for more than 90 days as the NSW government ramps up enforcement.