Do documento mais abaixo, destaco a parte referente a Moçambique, chamando a atenção para o seu conteúdo do PGR e do Gabinete Contra a Corrupção:
B.
Payments to Mozambican Officials
42.
Beginning in or around March 2004 and continuing through approximately September 2007, Universal subsidiaries made improper payments totaling approximately $165,000 to five Mozambican government officials and/or their family members at the direction, or with the authorization, of the regional director at Universal Leaf Africa (Pty) Limited ("Universal Leaf Africa").
On or about March 26,2004, Universal Leaf Africa made the first of what were intended to be two $10,000 payments to the wife of an official in Mozambique's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The payment, made through Universal's Belgian subsidiary, was to obtain the Director's assistance in revising legislation to impose a. 20% export tax on unprocessed tobacco.
This legislation would have benefitted Universal over its competitors because Universal was building a tobacco processing plant in the country.
A second payment was to be made once the legislation went into effect; however, it was not passed and no additional payment was made.
The $10,000 payment was recorded in the subsidiary's books and records as a "consultancy fee."
44.
On or about March 21,2005, Universal Leaf Africa directed that Universal's Belgian subsidiary pay $50,000 to the brother of an official in Mozambique's Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The payment was recorded as a "commission for broker's fees for trade" and made to enable the Company's Mozambican subsidiary to avoid incurring an export tax that it otherwise would have incurred for shipping unprocessed tobacco out of Mozambique.
The Mozambican subsidiary shipped its unprocessed tobacco and avoided the export tax.
45.
From approximately October 2005 through July 2006, Universal Leaf Africa made a series of payments totaling $86,830 from its own account and the account of the Mozambican subsidiary to secure a land concession giving the subsidiary exclusive rights to purchase tobacco from growers on that land for the 2006 growing season.
At the direction of its then regional director, Universal Leaf Africa made cash payments to a Governor in Mozambique; and gave gifts including supplies for a bathroom renovation, personal travel on a Company jet, and cash payments to officials in Mozambique, including in its Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Universal netted approximately $457,260 in profits in 2007 as a result of acquiring and selling tobacco grown on the land.
The payments were variously recorded in the subsidiaries' books and records as, among other things, "travel advances," and cash disbursements.
46.
Between approximately June 2005 and September 2007, Universal Leaf Africa forgave a debt and directed an additional series of payments from its own accounts and the account of the Mozambican subsidiary totaling $19,061.
The debt forgiveness and payments were provided to Mozambican government officials and their family members in exchange for continued business favor.
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