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When a foreign nation appears as a plaintiff in our courts seeking enforcement of its revenue laws, the judiciary risks being drawn into issues and disputes of foreign relations policy that are assigned to -- and better handled by -- the political branches of government.2nd U.S. Court of Appeals in New York, in rejecting separate lawsuits by the European Union and by 25 departments of the nation of Colombia which accused B&W and RJR of smuggling cigarettes.
The subscriber is entirely responsible for the contents of the Sunday package. It's just the same as having the internet in your home. You are responsible for controlling how your children use it.Leonardo Rojas, director of sales for El Espectador, one of Colombia's most respected daily newspapers, which is delivering free cigarettes along with children's games in its Sunday edition. Arie, S.
The lawsuit ... alleges that Philip Morris defrauded the government of billions of dollars in revenue through a pattern of racketeering offences involving money laundering and other violations of U.S. law. . . The suit further alleges that the smuggling scheme was conceived, designed and implemented at the highest levels of the defendants corporations as a means of maximizing sales and profits. . . Cigarette smuggling has become an important avenue for laundering proceeds from illicit narcotics sales and another link in the drug production cycle.Law firm Speiser, Krause, Nolan and Granito, in a statement announcing Colombia's lawsuit. <I>Colombia governors sue U.S. tobacco giant</I>
We have documentary proof showing that the companies, in internal correspondence, recognize that the Colombia (cigarette) market revolves around the trade in contraband -- that's to say avoiding tax payments.Miguel Raad, governor of northern Bolivar province and head of Colombia's Federation of Provinces. Quoted in <i>Colombia governors say will sue two tobacco giants</i>