Development bank bans Brazilian company for paying kickbacks
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-04-27T15:46:00
A Brazilian construction company that paid nearly $50 million in kickbacks has been banned from participating in Inter-American Development Bank-funded projects for more than two years.
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