Amid corruption scandals, compliance booms in Brazil
It might seem that corruption scandals are one of Brazil’s leading exports this year, but amid renewed government anti-bribery enforcement efforts, the country’s compliance sector is growing by leaps and bounds. Rodrigo Amaral has more.
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