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British American Tobacco scandal: Tobacco giant to pay over $600M for selling North Korea

FRANCE24, 26 Apr 2023
A British tobacco company has agreed to pay more than 629 million dollars to settle charges it sold cigarette materials to North Korea for years in violation of US sanctions. The fine against British American Tobacco is the biggest ever issued in US Justice Department history. FRANCE 24's Liza Kaminov explains.
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