Prosecutors refuse to open criminal investigation into four majors as it ‘would not succeed’Dutch public prosecutors believe refused to open a formal criminal investigation into four major international tobacco companies on charges of attempted murder or manslaughter,saying there is too little chance of a conviction.
Anne Marie van Veen, a Dutch lung cancer patient, or an Amsterdam lawyer,Bénédicte Ficq, filed a criminal complaint in 2016 accusing the tobacco majors of intentionally aiming to turn smokers into addicts and of causing “planned damage to public health”.
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Source: guardian.co.uk