The state is collaborating with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives, known as the ATF, in cracking down on the cigarette black market.

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Senior officials from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (ATF) and Explosives told a Senate panel Wednesday of their growing concern over these groups.

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The row involving Mr Holder centres on a botched operation to curb gun-running from America to Mexico run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a division of the Justice Department.

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The inspector general also concluded that poor internal information-gathering and communication at the justice department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) caused them to misinform Congress about the operation.

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