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18 U.S.C. § 2342

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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to ship, transport, receive, possess, sell, distribute, or purchase contraband cigarettes or contraband smokeless tobacco.(b) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to make any false statement or representation with respect to the information required by this chapter to be kept in the records of any person who ships, sells, or distributes any quantity of cigarettes in excess of 10,000 in a single transaction.(Added Pub. L. 95–575, § 1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2464; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, § 121(a)(2), (b)(2), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 221, 222.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(b)(2), inserted “or contraband smokeless tobacco” after “contraband cigarettes”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–177, § 121(a)(2), substituted “10,000” for “60,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Subsec. (a) of this section effective Nov. 2, 1978, and subsec. (b) of this section effective on first day of first month beginning more than 120 days after Nov. 2, 1978, see section 4 of Pub. L. 95–575, set out as a note under section 2341 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 102 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: United States v. Antonio Farias, 836 F.3d 1315 (11th Cir. 2016).
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United States v. Antonio Farias, 836 F.3d 1315 (11th Cir. 2016). · cites it 3× “§ 2314 , and to traffic in contraband cigarettes, 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a). The district court sentenced Farias to 36 months in prison and ordered him to forfeit his proceeds from the offense, which the parties agreed were $331,426.”
United States v. Hammoud, 381 F.3d 316 (4th Cir. 2004). · cites it 2× “2004); transportation of contraband cigarettes, see 18 U.S.C.A. § 2342 (West 2000); and providing material support to a designated FTO, see 18 U.”
United States v. Wilbur, 674 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir. 2012). · cites it 4× “" 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a). The CCTA defines contraband cigarettes as: a quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State or local cigarette taxes *1165 in the State or locality where such cigarettes are found, if the State or local…”
United States v. Morrison, 596 F. Supp. 2d 661 (E.D.N.Y 2009). · cites it 7× “Racketeering Acts Four through Eighty Charged Morrison with Violations of the CCTA Under Both 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 ..”
United States v. Haitham Mohamed, 759 F.3d 798 (7th Cir. 2014). · cites it 4× “On March 26, 2013, a jury convicted Haitham Mohamed of one count of knowingly transporting and possessing contraband cigarettes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a). Mr. Mohamed appeals his conviction, claiming that the district court erred in denying his motions for judgment of…”
New York v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 160 F. Supp. 3d 629 (S.D.N.Y. 2016). · cites it 3× “” 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a). The CCTA defines “contraband cigarettes” as “a quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State or local cigarette taxes in the State or locality where such cigarettes are found .”
United States v. Leonard Dimaria, 727 F.2d 265 (2d Cir. 1984). · cites it 3× “§ 659 (Count III), possession of contraband cigarettes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (Count IV) 1 and conspiracy to commit both substantive offenses in violation of 18 U.”
New York v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 942 F.3d 554 (2d Cir. 2019). · cites it 2× “The district court held that UPS was liable under the CCTA for knowingly transporting “contraband cigarettes,” see 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a), which are defined as “a quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State or local cigarette…”
City of New York v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc., 550 F. Supp. 2d 332 (E.D.N.Y 2008). · cites it 2× “CCTA Claims The CCTA makes it “unlawful for any person knowingly to ship, transport, re *346 ceive, possess, sell, distribute, or purchase contraband cigarettes” 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a). Contraband cigarettes are defined as “a quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, which bear no…”
United States v. Fiander, 547 F.3d 1036 (9th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “The charges included violations of the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (“CCTA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a); conspiracy to violate the CCTA, 18 U.”
United States v. Elsayed Akef Elshenawy, 801 F.2d 856 (6th Cir. 1986). · cites it 6× “Appellant, Elsayed Akef Elshenawy, was charged with “knowingly” possessing contraband cigarettes, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2342 (a). Elshenawy filed a pre-trial motion to construe the statute, and the district court ruled that the statute does not require the government to…”
New York v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 253 F. Supp. 3d 583 (S.D.N.Y. 2017). · cites it 2× “18 U.S.C. §§ 2342 (a), 2341(2). The Court discusses the legal principles underpinning its findings of knowledge below.”
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New York v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 131 F. Supp. 3d 132 (S.D.N.Y. 2015).
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