Current Affairs Vodka, or methylated spirits? News server uncovers ‘massive’ Czech drinks fraud

13-04-2010 13:58 | Rob Cameron

A Czech online news server made the remarkable claim on Tuesday that as many as one out of two bottles of spirits sold in the Czech Republic is made on the black market, depriving the state of billions of crowns in unpaid taxes and putting public health at risk. Distillers themselves admit the problem is huge, although they put the figure at more like one bottle in five – still an alarming trend.

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