Smoke Screen

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Love, bribes, and 200 spies in the white-collar heat of Big Tobacco. In 2013, lawyer Belinda Walter set herself up as a trustworthy confidante for small tobacco companies in South Africa. At the same time, she was leaking news of their operations to industry monolith British American Tobacco. Gradually, work relationships turned personal – and emotions got in the way of Belinda’s mission. Journalist Victoria Hollingsworth investigates a corrupt, sprawling, and ultra-violent underworld in this prestige Novel production for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.