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“I welcome the conclusion of the negotiations of this important agreement. This agreement is to the advantage of the EU to protect its financial interests”…
It seems that in Nigeria, Philip Morris has left an unpaid bill of 44 billion dollars, and to avoid paying, the company refused to appear when summoned in court.
The Nigerian government wants to buy pages in Swiss newspapers, the country where Philip Morris has its headquarters, to “notify the summons through the press”.
In Italy, based on the sentence of the Italian Supreme Court of the 21st of December 2001, Philip Morris's total tax evasion amounts to 120 thousand billion old lire, equal to some 90 billion dollars. But here newspapers have never even published the news.
Moreover, thanks to an agreement between the European Union and Philip Morris, dated the 9th of July 2004, and signed by Romano Prodi, EU president at the time, the tobacco giant's “little debt” with Italy has been shelved and forgotten. Read more »