Alleged tobacco kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad has been arrested in Iraq – what happens next? |
Overnight, government authorities in Iraq arrested Kazem “Kaz” Hamad, the alleged kingpin of Australia’s illicit tobacco trade.
Declared by an Iraqi court to be “one of the most dangerous wanted men in the world”, Hamad is the alleged mastermind behind the nation’s raging “tobacco wars”.
This violent and ongoing underworld turf war has featured more than 260 arson attacks, “countless” instances of extortion and intimidation, as well as multiple murders, including of an innocent bystander.
In the process, Hamad allegedly amassed a vast fortune estimated in the billions of dollars.
Hamad’s arrest will no doubt be welcome news to the federal government and the........