{"id":34204,"date":"2026-06-04T09:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/?p=34204"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:23:58","slug":"cuban-cigars-in-northern-europe-what-we-know-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/en\/cuban-cigars-in-northern-europe-what-we-know-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban Cigars In Northern Europe: What We Know Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>For several weeks, the cigar world has been in turmoil in Sweden and Northern Europe. At the heart of the matter: a legal case involving Chen Zhi and a Swedish blog that has been publishing a stream of approximations and insinuations about Elite Trading, the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars in the region. Between amalgams and speculation, L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare sets the record straight.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Key takeaways<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\">\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">\n<h3>The provisional liquidation of Chen Zhi&#8217;s assets in the British Virgin Islands has no legal connection to Elite Trading&#8217;s situation in Sweden \u2014 officially confirmed to L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare by Interpath Advisory.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">\n<h3>Even armed with a valid US licence, Interpath failed to convince PwC to resume its audit mandate at Elite Trading.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\">\n<h3>The separation between importer and distributor predates the Chen Zhi case by three years and was fully approved by Habanos.<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">On 25 May, Cigarrv\u00e4rlden announced as &#8220;breaking news&#8221; that Elite Trading Scandinavia AB \u2014 the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars for eight Nordic countries* \u2014 was facing imminent liquidation. On 2 June, a second article by the same blog partially walked back the claim, acknowledging that &#8220;Elite Trading&#8217;s problems are, at least in part, independent of the international turbulence&#8221; \u2014 meaning the Chen Zhi affair. This is precisely what L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare is now able to confirm, with official sources to back it up.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Desperately seeking an auditor<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Elite Trading&#8217;s situation is in fact the result of a purely administrative sequence of events, as documented in Bolagsverket, Sweden&#8217;s public company register. On 8 December 2025, following the indictment of the Sino-Cambodian billionaire by US authorities, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) resigned from its audit mandate at Elite Trading \u2014 as it reportedly did for several other Habanos distributors it was associated with, according to our information. With no replacement in sight, Elite Trading (formerly known as Habanos Nordic) found itself on the list of companies without an auditor, approaching the six-month threshold beyond which the Swedish authorities can initiate compulsory liquidation proceedings.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Elite Trading to be liquidated &#8220;in an orderly manner&#8221;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In a filing submitted to Bolagsverket on 28 April 2026 and signed by Anders Wors\u00f8e, a Danish lawyer and spokesperson for Elite Trading, the company&#8217;s owners explicitly confirm their intention to liquidate the company, while expressing their wish to do so &#8220;in an orderly manner&#8221; \u2014 which requires the prior appointment of an auditor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">But \u2014 and this is where the Swedish blog sows confusion \u2014 this procedure has nothing to do with the provisional liquidation of Chen Zhi&#8217;s assets ordered by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in January 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/en\/chen-zhi-tabacalera-slu-places-itself-under-judicial-protection\/\">Interpath Advisory, appointed as provisional liquidator of 30 offshore companies linked to Chen Zhi<\/a> \u2014 including Simply Advanced Limited, which holds a 57% stake in Allied Cigar Corporation \u2014 confirms this unambiguously to L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare: &#8220;Interpath is not involved in the Swedish process.&#8221; The two procedures are entirely distinct and independent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">On 18 March 2026, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) granted Interpath Advisory a 28-day licence (No. TCO-2026-1464321-2) covering transactions necessary for the management of the Allied Cigar group in Spain. Armed with this licence, Interpath contacted PwC Sweden on 27 March to ask it to resume its audit mandate at Elite Trading Scandinavia. On 13 April, a senior executive at PwC Sweden formally declined: &#8220;We hereby inform you that we, \u00d6hrlings PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, do not intend to undertake the engagement as auditor of the company Elite Trading Scandinavia AB.&#8221; Even with explicit US legal cover, PwC refused to return. The reputational risk associated with Chen Zhi was evidently deemed unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-1024x460.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-2048x921.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-100x45.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pwc-sweden-1184x532.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Copy of the email sent by PwC Sweden to Interpath on April 13, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">An independent auditor has since come forward. On 26 May 2026, Felix Trinh, a licensed auditor based in Gothenburg (FT Revision), contacted Bolagsverket to offer his services, subject to an advance payment of SEK 100,000 (approx. \u20ac9,200). His formal appointment has not yet been registered at the time of writing. Compulsory liquidation by Bolagsverket is therefore not a foregone conclusion: with an auditor having recently accepted the mandate, the immediate threat has been temporarily lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Elite Trading has also appealed against the revocation of its tobacco licence by the City of Gothenburg \u2014 a suspensive appeal, meaning that Elite Trading continues to operate legally throughout the duration of the proceedings, which could extend into early 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Contacted by L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare, Elite Trading Scandinavia declined to comment and referred us to Habanos S.A. Habanos&#8217; communications department responded: &#8220;Regarding your questions, as they concern organizational aspects and business decisions of the distribution network, we are not able to comment on these.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>The import\/distribution split<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The second source of confusion in Cigarrv\u00e4rlden&#8217;s articles concerns the creation of The Premium Company Nordic AB by Stephan Praetorius, who served as Managing Director of Habanos Nordic and then Elite Trading for twenty-one years. The blog describes this as a &#8220;highly unusual&#8221; transfer of distribution rights \u2014 insinuating a last-minute manoeuvre linked to the Chen Zhi crisis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tpc_logo_color_rgb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"314\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tpc_logo_color_rgb.jpg 314w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tpc_logo_color_rgb-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tpc_logo_color_rgb-100x29.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 314px) 100vw, 314px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-1 flex flex-col px-4 max-w-3xl mx-auto w-full pt-1\">\n<div>\n<div data-test-render-count=\"1\">\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div class=\"contents\">\n<div class=\"group relative relative pb-3\" data-is-streaming=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-0.5 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-border-400 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 standard-markdown\">\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The reality is very different. Stephan Praetorius says he first presented this project to Madrid in 2022 \u2014 three years before Chen Zhi&#8217;s indictment. &#8220;There were no secret handshakes, no behind-the-scenes manoeuvres,&#8221; he told L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare in early 2026. The agreement with Habanos was finalised in the summer of 2024, after more than two years of negotiations. Praetorius stepped down from the management of Elite Trading in November-December 2024, and The Premium Company issued its first invoices in January 2025. The separation was conducted by the book, with the support of several specialist firms \u2014 &#8220;we followed all procedures 100%,&#8221; Praetorius confirms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The structure is as follows: Elite Trading remains the official importer and owner of the cigar stocks sourced from Cuba, while The Premium Company is a pure sales operation, with no warehouse, purchasing cigars from Elite Trading and selling them on to retailers. A structure admittedly unprecedented within the Habanos network, but approved by Madrid and unrelated to Chen Zhi \u2014 whose very existence Praetorius says he discovered at the same time as everyone else. &#8220;For me, he is a ghost. I have never seen this person. I have never met him,&#8221; he insists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The outcome of the tobacco licence appeal, the timeline for the dissociation of Chen Zhi from the capital of Allied Cigar\/Tabacalera, and the medium-term future of Elite Trading all remain open questions. L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare will continue to follow them \u2014 with its sources, its documents, and no hidden agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Laurent Mimouni (with R\u00e9gis Besko)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"h-px w-full pointer-events-none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ml-1 flex items-center transition-transform duration-300 ease-out mt-6\">\n<div class=\"p-1 -translate-x-px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>* Elite Trading Scandinavia AB is the Habanos exclusive distributor in Iceland, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several weeks, the cigar world has been in turmoil in Sweden and Northern Europe. At the heart of the matter: a legal case involving Chen Zhi and a Swedish blog that has been publishing a stream of approximations and insinuations about Elite Trading, the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars in the region. Between amalgams and speculation, L&#8217;Amateur de Cigare &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":31080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1098,1051],"tags":[1088,1431,1352,1428,1450,1089,1353,1217,1228,1449,1452,1453,1451,1359,1454],"class_list":["post-34204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-en","category-monde-du-cigare-2-en","category-the-world-of-cigars-en","tag-cuba-en","tag-denmark","tag-elite-trading-en","tag-estonia","tag-finland-en","tag-habanos-en","tag-habanos-nordic-en","tag-habanos-sa-en","tag-havanes-en","tag-iceland-en","tag-latvia-en","tag-lithuania-en","tag-norway-en","tag-sweden","tag-the-premium-company-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cuban Cigars In Northern Europe: What We Know Now &#8212; Cigars-connect<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cigars-connect.com\/en\/cuban-cigars-in-northern-europe-what-we-know-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cuban Cigars In Northern Europe: What We Know Now &#8212; Cigars-connect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For several weeks, the cigar world has been in turmoil in Sweden and Northern Europe. 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