SEC Files Anti-Bribery Charges Against Two Global Tobacco Companies
August 06, 2010
August 06, 2010
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release:
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two major tobacco companies, Universal Corporation, Inc. and Alliance One International, Inc., with violating, among other things, the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA") for their involvement in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme with government officials in Thailand t . . .
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two major tobacco companies, Universal Corporation, Inc. and Alliance One International, Inc., with violating, among other things, the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA") for their involvement in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme with government officials in Thailand t . . .