report entitled Illicit Trade: Converging Criminal Networks by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development stated that cigarettes present a high-profit margin and are among the most commonly traded products on the black market due to the relative ease of production and movement, along with low detection rates and penalties. (9) According to the Department of State report entitled, The Global Illicit Trade in Tobacco: A Threat to National Security , illicit trade in tobacco products or their precursors can be trans­na­tion­al, with proceeds earned domestically and sent overseas to finance attacks against United States interests, or earned domestically by foreign actors who can operate more easily from within the country. (10) The Center for the Analysis of Terrorism reports that nearly 15 terrorist organizations throughout the world regularly have recourse in large proportions to smuggling and counterfeiting cigarettes to be financed, in particular the Pakistani Taliban, Lashkar-E–Taiba, Al-Qaida au Maghreb Islamique, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna, and the Irish Republican Army. 4. Designation of and actions with respect to foreign countries engaged in illicit trade in tobacco products or their precursors (a) Designation Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall— (1) review the status of illicit trade in tobacco products or their precursors in each foreign country to determine whether— (A) the country is a major source, point of transit, or consumer of illicit tobacco products or their precursors