British company implicated in tax scandal

A subsidiary of Associated British Foods, whose brands Twinings, Ryvita and Primark are familiar to many.

The subsidiary is Zambia Sugar, which is accused of avoiding paying millions of dollars to the Zambian government.

Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba reports.

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[policechaser]

I'm shocked, a company cheating on their obligations to pay taxes.

Corporations are people, my friend...

[pruebasdegajo]

go and watch actionaid UK video too, it is very interesting and outrageous

[rubberbaby00]

So Zamia Sugar is evil because they followed the law and only paid taxes they were legally required to pay. I hate it when my fellow liberals get all fucking stupid. 

[Red444October]

English Defence League. . Apparently the police have notified Mr. Kevin Carroll that they will not proceed with the charges (religious & racial hatred of Islam) against him. The British police need to be condemned not only for putting Kevin go through hell but also for the negative publicity to the BritishFreedom DotOrg and the EnglishDefenceLeague DotOrg.

[MrSilver222]

AJ always blocked videos that might cause shitstorm of idiotic and racist comments, you can find forums to discuss any reports, it's not their obligation to open comments everywhere

[somaliland247]

only poor people pays tax

[cbohar84]

Ah, the wonder of tax loopholes

[titovalasques]

Since our society has adopted increased annual revenue as the main goal for pretty much everyone (including off course companies and corps), I'm not sure we should be too surprised at this kind of behavior. We used to have higher taxes and more regulations but they went away - if we reintroduced them, what's to say they would not be eroded again? People forget so easily.

The problem is not the laws and how to enforce them, it's the whole system that allows this to happen in the first place.

[Jeff B]

Companies that value profit over social responsibility will always violate the law if it is cost-effective. How many companies go unpunished for polluting the environment and putting communities into harms way? It cannot be helped without regulation by some governing authority that actually gives a fuck.