The overall objective of this webinar is to demonstrate case studies on cigarette crime to share good practice on excise fraud related EU cooperation. The contributing experts from Europol and Romania will demonstrate current operational working methods describing collection and analysis of intelligence, covert and open investigative steps and asset recovery measures. Special attention will be paid on the added value of “SMOKE Analysis Project” the dedicated team in Europol serving as a main intelligence hub in the EU on excise fraud.