Research On The Investigation Of The Crimes Of Producing And Selling Counterfeit Cigarettes

Since the establishment of the state tobacco monopoly system,China's tobacco industry has carried out a unified production,circulation and sale by tobacco corporations.This has not only guaranteed the stability of the supply and demand relationship in China's tobacco market,but has also created huge taxes for the state finance.However,with the lure of high profits of tobacco products,some criminal suspects,ignoring the state tobacco monopoly system,produce and sell counterfeit cigarettes rampantly.At the same time,the rapid development of Internet information technology and logistics industry has provided new opportunities for the survival of counterfeit cigarettes.As a matter of fact,the sale of counterfeit cigarettes through the internet,has caused serious adverse effects on the development of China's tobacco industry.At present,the production and sale of counterfeit cigarettes are generally conducted by a gang of members,and each gang has formed a criminal means with its own characteristics.In the production process,it is essential for the place to be convenient and at the mean time has a high degree of concealment.In the transportation process,the logistics channel has become their focus.In the sales process,the criminal suspects take advantage of the internet and employ it as the platform to sell counterfeit cigarettes rampantly.In order to effectively crack down on the criminal activity,the public security should learn the new means and trends of such crimes,quickly adjust their mindset on investigation methods,and adopt effective and feasible investigation measures.In view of the characteristics that producing and selling counterfeit cigarettes generally involve the internet and a chain of criminal activities,the public security should have the overall concept in carrying out investigations to ensure the cracking down on the whole chain.First of all,the investigation department should carry out intelligence collection work and collect clues through channels such as reports by the public,collaboration from other department and targeted actions.Secondly,corresponding to each aspect of the crime,the public security should carry out investigations on the movement of people,products and capital to find out the organization structure of the gang and the specific transaction mode,which helps to outline the network of the tobacco-related crime.Finally,the public security should give full play to the awareness of coordinated operations,carry out combined campaigns under the unified command of the higher-authority,and destroy the entire criminal network for producing and selling counterfeit cigarettes.