1st Dec 2015 06:50
LONDON (Alliance News) - Anti-smoking campaigners are calling for an inquiry to be launched into whether employees of British American Tobacco PLC paid bribes to politicians and civil servants in east Africa, The Times reported.
According to a documentary aired by the BBC's Panorama, BAT, which owns the Dunhill and Lucky Strike cigarette brands, paid bribes to officials in east Africa, based on evidence from former employee Paul Hopkins, who was based in Kenya and worked for the tobacco giant for 13 years.
Hopkins said he was planning to meet with the Serious Fraud Office this week and said he was told bribery was the way of doing business in Africa, adding some BAT managers were aware of his activities.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article4628531.ece
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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