FOI Request - Counterfeit Tobacco Seizures

Request 101003811325

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding the seizure of illegal/counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes within the jurisdiction of Moray Council and subsequent prosecutions initiated by the trading standards officers.
Specifically, I request the following information for each of the past five years, starting from January 1, 2019:

1. Seizure Data:

a) The total quantity of illegal/counterfeit tobacco (e.g., number of cigarettes, kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco, or other relevant measures) seized by trading standards officers each year.
b) The total number of instances (i.e., separate occasions) of such seizures each year.
 

2. Prosecutions:
a) The number of prosecutions launched by trading standards against sellers of illegal/counterfeit tobacco and cigarettes each year.
b) The number of successful prosecutions each year.
c)  The number of unsuccessful prosecutions each year.