Tobacco company settles with US over business in North Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) — A British tobacco company has agreed to pay more than $629 million to settle allegations that it did illegal business with North Kor
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A British tobacco company has agreed to pay more than $629 million to settle allegations that it did illegal business with North Kor
British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, agreed to settle allegations that it did illegal business with Pyongyang in violation of U.S. sanctions.
'This is the single largest North Korean sanctions penalty in the history of the Justice Department' - Click the link for more details.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is known to be a heavy smoker, and the US is keen to ban all tobacco import...
WASHINGTON - British American Tobacco has agreed to pay more than $600 million to settle charges it sold cigarette materials to North Korea for years in violation of US sanctions, the US Justice Department announced Tuesday.