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| | RGJ.com - EU files civil case against Philip Morris |
 | | “This civil action alleges breaches by these corporations of the U.S. Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act,” EU Budget Commissioner Michaele Schreyer said in a statement Monday. |
 | | EU officials would not say how much compensation the Commission is seeking, but they allege that losses from cigarette smuggling run into billions of dollars. |
 | | The suit, filed in Brooklyn, alleges the plaintiffs have “lost, and continue to lose, billions of dollars, including the deprivation of customs, duties, fees, taxes, money and property by reason of the defendants’ schemes to smuggle vast shipments of contraband cigarettes and other tobacco products” from the late 1970s to present. |
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