British American Tobacco allegedly 'sabotaged rivals' in SA, Zim - BBC report | Fin24

On Monday, the BBC reported that it found evidence to suggest British American Tobacco sabotaged competitors in South Africa and in Zimbabwe, and paid a bribe to the late president Robert Mugabe. | Fin24

, BAT was paying bribes in South Africa and using illegal surveillance to"damage rivals", with most of this work outsourced to a South African company called Forensic Security Services .

South African company records show that FSS is registered in KwaZulu-Natal, with affiliates in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. No directors are listed for the companies, which appear to be deregistered. FSS worked for BAT between 2000 and 2016, the BBC reported.

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