USA TOBACCO SMUGGLING
January 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORN
The European Commission has lost an appeal against a ruling by U.S. District Court in New York last year which dismissed smuggling claims by the EU on the basis of a technical rule under which a U.S. court need not enforce a foreign tax claim. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the earlier ruling though it confirmed that the EC had the right to proceed with money laundering claims in separate lawsuits.
The European Commission has lost an appeal against a ruling by U.S. District Court in New York last year which dismissed smuggling claims by the EU on the basis of a technical rule under which a U.S. court need not enforce a foreign tax claim. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the earlier ruling though it confirmed that the EC had the right to proceed with money laundering claims in separate lawsuits.
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