How the government caused the tobacco wars: Rohan Pike (Part 2)

Australia’s war on tobacco has backfired spectacularly, and the consequences have become deadly.

In this episode of I Catch Killers, former ABF and AFP detective, Rohan Pike, reveals how rather than reducing smoking rates, the crackdown has made cheap illegal cigarettes widely available, and trickled into the illegal vape market, with most vapes sold in Australia now illegal and unregulated, fuelling organised crime and unprecedented violence. Rohan also tells us about his life as an AFP officer stationed in Islamabad just after 9/11, his involvement in the Jihad Jack case, and leading Australia’s first major foreign bribery investigation.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Tobacco Policy Mess
00:18 Consequences Breakdown
01:10 Excise Revenue Collapse
01:56 Cheap Illicit Cigarettes
03:20 Vaping Blocked in Australia
09:09 Solutions and Reform Levers
28:56 Enforcement Whac A Mole
29:45 Border Force Pushback
31:15 Three Year Outlook
32:18 Alcohol Next Target
35:06 Policy Fix Not Raids
36:09 AFP Pakistan Posting
39:45 Life Under Threat
44:24 Jihad Jack Case
48:12 Foreign Bribery Probe
52:41 Courtroom Pressure
54:48 Consulting Illicit Trade
56:02 Why Join Police

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