Rum-running Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Alcohol smuggling today== For multiple reasons (including the avoidance of taxes and minimum purchase prices), alcohol smuggling is still a worldwide concern. In the United States, the smuggling of alcohol did not end with the repeal of prohibition. In the [[Appalachia|Appalachian United States]], for example, the demand for [[moonshine]] was at an all-time high in the 1920s, but an era of rampant bootlegging in dry areas continued into the 1970s.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Peine|first1=Emelie K.|last2=Schafft|first2=Kai A.|title=Moonshine, Mountaineers, and Modernity: Distilling Cultural History in the Southern Appalachian Mountains|journal=Journal of Appalachian Studies|date=2012|volume=18|issue=1/2 |page=98|doi=10.2307/23337709 |jstor=23337709 |s2cid=142229259 }}</ref> Although the well-known bootleggers of the day may no longer be in business, bootlegging still exists, even if on a smaller scale. The state of Virginia has reported that it loses up to $20 million a year from illegal whiskey smuggling.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.havocscope.com/moonshine-in-virginia-creates-loss-of-20-million/| title= Moonshine in Virginia creates loss of $20 million: Havocscope Black Markets}}</ref> The Government of the United Kingdom fails to collect an estimated Β£900 million in taxes due to alcohol smuggling activities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.havocscope.com/alcohol-smuggling-in-the-united-kingdom/| title= Alcohol smuggling in the United Kingdom: Havocscope Black Markets}}</ref> [[Absinthe]] was smuggled into the United States until it was legalized in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Asimov|first=Eric|title=Absinthes to Go Mad Over|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/dining/reviews/13wine.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=27 January 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 13, 2009}}</ref> [[Cuba]]n rum is also sometimes smuggled into the United States, circumventing the [[United States embargo against Cuba|embargo]] in existence since 1960.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swift|first=Aisling|title=Two charged with smuggling Cuban rum, cigars into Southwest Florida|url=https://archive.naplesnews.com/news/crime/two-charged-with-smuggling-cuban-rum-cigars-into-southwest-florida-ep-401676981-344500552.html/|access-date=2022-02-02|newspaper=Naples Daily News|date=2008-05-24}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page