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By sanctioning the Sino-Cambodian businessman nine months after the United States, the European Union can no longer hope to influence Chen Zhi’s fate — but risks complicating that of Habanos distributors.   On July 30, 2026, the European Union added Chen Zhi and Prince Holding Group to its sanctions list for human rights violations — more than nine months after

For several weeks, the cigar world has been in turmoil in Sweden and Northern Europe. At the heart of the matter: a legal case involving Chen Zhi and a Swedish blog that has been publishing a stream of approximations and insinuations about Elite Trading, the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars in the region. Between amalgams and speculation, L’Amateur de Cigare

“The necessary measures are underway to ensure that Chen Zhi is completely removed from our operations,” Tabacalera told AFP.   Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, a fugitive wanted by US authorities for massive cyber fraud, will be removed from the shareholding of Habanos S.A., Tabacalera told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Habanos S.A. is a joint venture owned equally by the Cuban state

Elite Trading Scandinavia AB, a subsidiary of Habanos SA in Sweden, has until December 10 to prove that it has no connection with Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, who is being prosecuted by US authorities for cyber fraud.   Wherever he is, Chen Zhi, the Cambodian businessman of Chinese origin, is watching the empire he built in about ten years crumble