Alliance One units plead guilty in bribery case
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two foreign units of tobacco leaf company Alliance One International Inc pleaded guilty on Friday to violating U.S. anti-corruption laws related to bribes paid to foreign government officials to win contracts, the U.S. Justice Department said.
The two units agreed to pay $9.45 million in fines collectively.
The Justice Department also said it had reached a plea deal with the Brazilian unit of Universal Corp over charges related to bribes paid to Thai officials for the sale of Brazilian tobacco.
That unit agreed to pay a $4.4 million criminal fine.
(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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