Airbus subsidiary GPT pleads guilty to corrupt acts in Saudi Arabia
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-04-28T19:47:00
Airbus subsidiary GPT Special Project Management will pay approximately £30.3 million (U.S. $42.1 million) after pleading guilty to corruption relating to contracts it was awarded for work carried out in Saudi Arabia.
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