Alstom U.K. fined $20.8M for role in long-running bribery case
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Neil Hodge2019-11-25T19:04:00
Alstom Network U.K., the British subsidiary of the French rail and power company, has been ordered to pay a total of £16.4 million (U.S. $20.8 million) for bribes it paid to win a contract to supply trams in Tunisia.
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