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Ukraine’s authorities confront electronics retailers over smuggled iPhones in contraband crackdown

Ukraine’s economic crimes bureau’s new leadership brought together businesses on Oct. 8 with a clear message: the era of illicit electronics sales is over. The newly appointed head of the bureau, Oleksandr Tsyvisnky, is hoping he can curb this illegal trade, and with that, recover an estimated Hr 20 billion ($484 million) in lost revenue to the state budget caused by illegal electronics sales. Nearly 80% of iPhones sold in Ukraine are illegally imported into the country and sold not just at st

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