Singapore unit of British American Tobacco did not break local laws on trade ban with N. Korea: Police
for flouting North Korean sanctions.
Trade sanctions against North Korea make it a crime for anyone in Singapore, as well as Singapore citizens based overseas, from supplying, selling or transferring designated export items to anyone in North Korea, whether directly or indirectly.Those found guilty of doing so can be fined up to $100,000 or three times the value of the goods that were dealt with, whichever is greater. They can also be jailed up to two years or both.
The entire scheme had taken place sometime between August 2007 and June 2017, according to court documents seen by The Straits Times.whose brands include Dunhill and Lucky Strike cigarettes. It was found to have operated a network of front and shell companies to supply North Korean cigarette makers during this time.
An e-mail sent by an SUTL Group executive and cited in US court documents said the firm would act as “a vehicle for BAT to bring out the joint venture money and distribute it to BAT”. After payment was made, SUTL Group would take a small percentage of commission before transferring the rest of the money to BAT Marketing Singapore.BAT Marketing Singapore also sold tobacco products to the North Korean embassy in Singapore until 2017.
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