| Number | 18583 |
| Subject | Tobacco |
| Source | Center for Public Integrity |
| State | DC |
| Year | 2001 |
| Publication Date | March 3 |
| Summary | This nine-part investigative report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a project of the Center for Public Integrity, reveals "how Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and British American Tobacco became enmeshed with organized crime worldwide as they fought to expand markets and increase profits through cigarette smuggling." While corporate officials were pleading ignorance in explaining how one-third of the world's exported cigarettes end up on the black market they were in fact working closely with companies and officials directly connected to organized crime in the United States, Canada, Italy, China, Taiwan and other countries, the investigation reports. |
| Category | Contest Finalist |
| Pages | 162 |
| Keywords | Sicilian Mafia;Latin America;Cocaine barons;crime;smoking;smokers;business;government;tax evasions;Third World countries;money laundering;financial crimes;customs;witness protection;transit trade;exports;imports;racketeering |
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