US tobacco company charged with spending nearly 30 million dollars on bribing multinational officials

Source: Internet
Author: User
BCC, Beijing, August 9 (Xinhua) The US government confirmed that two large U.S. tobacco companies were accused of paying nearly 30 million U.S. dollars to bribe government officials in several countries to obtain lucrative contracts for overseas tobacco sales, according to the Chinese voice of the news evening rush 17:26. The two companies are the Virginia State Global tobacco Company and North Carolina State International, the world's first and second largest tobacco companies. The two companies are facing accusations from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. To avoid accusations, two companies have agreed to pay a certain amount of fines.

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