BBC Panorama alleges BAT paid officials from three African countries in effort to undermine UN anti-smoking treaty
British American Tobacco paid bribes to government officials in a tender to undermine the UN’s global anti-smoking treaty, an investigation by the BBC has alleged.
Documents obtained by the BBC’s Panorama programme demonstrate that representatives from three African countries connected to the World Health Organisation’s framework convention on tobacco control took bribes from the tobacco company.
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Source: theguardian.com