for anti-competitive purposes to smear the names and brands of independent local cigarette manufacturers as a way to strong-arm retailers into removing the products of smaller independent manufacturers off their shelves.
“This perpetuates the illusion that the brands of local cigarette manufacturers must be illicit given that they can only be procured from informal traders and not in formal retail spaces,” Fita said in a statement.Fita calls for investigations into ‘inter alia smuggling’ against British American Tobacco
In February, Fita said that it was not surprised by the revelations into allegations of inter alia smuggling against British American Tobacco and a host of other multinationals in West Africa.“Fita has been firm in its position for law enforcement agencies to investigate the evidence emanating from the OCCRP report and the very serious allegations against the multinational without delay.
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