USA RACKETEERING CASE
October 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIETHE LONG-AWAITED civil racketeering trial is under way in the United States, where the US federal government is seeking a record US$280 billion from the American tobacco industry for allegedly misleading the public about the dangers of smoking since the 1960's. The defendants in the case are Philip Morris USA Inc. and its parent, Altria Group Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., British American Tobacco Ltd., Lorillard Tobacco Co., Liggett Group Inc., the Counsel for Tobacco Research-U.S.A., and the Tobacco ...
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