In addition, cigarettes have been used around the world as common currency for laundering profits from drug trafficking and other crimes, allegedly with the collusion of tobacco companies, according to a suit filed last month by the European Union against R.J. This cheats governments of tax revenue and encourages smoking by keeping supplies of cheap cigarettes on the market. “But it’s important to me that the story doesn’t end with Les Thompson.”Įxperts say a quarter to a third of cigarette exports worldwide winds up getting diverted from legal channels and smuggled across international boundaries. “I’m not asking anyone to pass me a handkerchief here,” he said. If Canadian authorities bring new charges against tobacco executives, Thompson could be a key witness - a situation he would relish. But he cautioned against taking the word of “a convicted felon” who took kickbacks. A spokesman for Japan Tobacco, Guy Cote, said the company could not comment because of the Canadian investigation. Reynolds referred questions about Thompson to Japan Tobacco International, which acquired Reynolds’ international business in 1999. Prosecutors on both sides of the border have said the same thing. There was no way a mid-level executive could fill multimillion-dollar orders for cigarettes without the approval of superiors, he said. Interviewed at his home in Canada, Thompson portrayed himself not as a renegade but as an obliging cog in a wheel of corruption. Thompson, who traded a good career and the promise of a bountiful retirement for a rap sheet, said he has never stopped wondering: Why only me? Thompson has also told his insider’s story to Canadian investigators in a probe that is expected to result in criminal charges against tobacco firms, officials and suppliers - possibly including his former superiors at RJR-MacDonald. court, is expected to be refiled in Canada. Information provided by Thompson was central to a lawsuit by the Canadian government that sought to recover $1 billion in lost taxes and law enforcement costs from RJR. “I’m looking forward to going to court and telling the story under oath,” he said in an interview. He has been cooperating with investigators from the United States and the European Union.
Released from prison in January, he has emerged as a key figure in civil suits and criminal investigations into the global trade in contraband smokes. We offer fast shipping to all provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory, Nunavut.Though he was hauled off in disgrace, Thompson didn’t really go away.
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