Tobacco Industry Interference
Year | Region/ Country | Topic | Headline | News Souce |
2017 | Australia | Tobacco executive (of ATA International) donations to Labor Party | Bill Shorten seeks explanation for reported $400,000 donations from tobacco boss | The Guardian |
2017 | Congo, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, Syria, and Uganda | BAT targetting “fragile states” | Revealed: how British American Tobacco exploited war zones to sell cigarettes | The Guardian |
2016 | South Africa | Insider says police would be in BAT’s informal payroll | British American Tobacco ‘bribed’ police – affidavit | News 24 South Africa |
2015 | Burundi, Rwanda | BAT employees reported to bribe officials to undermine anti-smoking laws | Britain investigates British American Tobacco for corruption | Reuter |
2015 | Africa | BAT insider alleged bribing African politicians | Serious Fraud Office opens investigation into BAT bribery claims | The Guardian |
2015 | Burkina Faso, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Namibia, Togo, Uganda | UK Fraud Office launched investigation on BAT’s alleged corruption | Threats, bullying, lawsuits: tobacco industry’s dirty war for the African market | The Guardian |
2014 | Africa | BAT allegedly used former spies/ cops and state security agents to protect its interests | SARS Wars: Massive data leak alleges British American Tobacco SA’s role in bribery and corruption | Daily Maverick Zimbabwe |
2014 | Cambodia | Tobacco lobbyists allegedly funded political campaigns, helped draft legislation, and hired former officials | Big tobacco has some pull | The Phnom Penh Post |
2012 | Burundi, Rwanda | BAT reportedly bribed politicians | The secret bribes of big tobacco | BBC |
2012 | EU | EU health official resigns after associate was accused of asking money to water down EU tobacco law | Report: Corruption widespread in EU | Aljazeera |
2012 | EU | Former EU Health Commissioner sacked for secret meetings with tobacco industry; compensation case dismissed | EU court rules against Maltese ex-commissioner Dalli | BBC |
2010 | Kyrgyztan, Thailand | Major tobacco leaf distributors plead guilty to bribery under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | Alliance One International Inc. and Universal Corporation Resolve Related FCPA Matters Involving Bribes Paid to Foreign Government Officials | US Department of Justice |
2010 | China, Greece, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand | SEC charged global tobacco companies for paying over $5M in bribes | SEC Charges Two Global Tobacco Companies With Bribery | US Securities and Exchange Commission |