How British American Tobacco sold cigarettes to North Korea despite sanctions

DOJ: Cigarette companies to pay $635 million for selling to North Korea and alleged bank fraud

Two tobacco companies that are facing criminal charges have agreed to pay U.S. authorities over $635 million in combined penalties after allegedly breaking sanction rules by selling cigarettes to North Korea.Criminal charges have been brought against British-American Tobacco Marketing Singapore and parent company British American Tobacco, according to the Department of Justice. Charges included violating North Korean sanctions, conspiracy to com…

How British American Tobacco sold cigarettes to North Korea despite sanctions

The UK company paid the US justice department’s biggest penalty for violating sanctions on Pyongyang

Business Daily - British American Tobacco fined $635 million for violating sanctions on North Korea

British American Tobacco (BAT) has been fined $635 million for breaching sanctions on North Korea. The British multinational, a leader in the sale of tobacco products, will pay the record sum to US authorities. BAT's Singapore subsidiary admitted to selling cigarettes to North Korea over a decade between 2007 and 2017, in violation of US sanctions on Pyongyang over its nuclear missile activities. But first, we take a look at the resilient earnin…

British American Fined $635m for Selling Cigarettes... to North Korea

Tobacco giant fined $635.2 million by the U.S. for breaking sanction rules to sell product to North Korea over a ten-year period.