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Article based on an application to transfer a prisoner to testify at a criminal hearing into alleged tax fraud by RJR Nabisco - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Canada - that was filed at federal court in the USA on May 11, 2005. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include RJR Tobacco International, Inc., JTI MacDonald Corp., RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Delaware), Northern Brands International, Inc., Edward Lang, Paul Neumann, Roland Kostantos, Stanley Smith, Peter MacGregor, Jaap Uittenbogaard, Dale Sisel, Larry Miller, Leslie Thompson, Robert Tavano, Pierre Brunelle, Janice Carswell, Jeremy Harris, Anthony Butterworth, Robert Miron, Robert Sheets, James Johnston, Stonemarker Enterprises Inc., David Beazley, Jeanne Schlottman, Perry Alwyn Horne, and Keith MacCulloch.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Canada into JTI-MacDonald, Corp. (previously known as RJR Macdonald, Inc.), Northern Brands International, Inc., RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Delaware), RJ Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc., Dale Sisel, Jaap Uittenbogaard, Edward Lang, Pierre Brunelle, Paul Neumann, Roland Kostantos, Stanley Smith and Peter MacGregor for alleged tax evasion.

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