By
Charles Mafa and Lionel Faull
The
World Bank has slapped a hefty $9.5 million fine on the Alstom Corporation; a
major French engineering company involved in the South African nuclear
industry, and blacklisted two of its subsidiaries, after it admitted to bribing
a senior Zambian government official.
The corporation was also fined by Swiss authorities last year after
being implicated in bribery scandals in three other countries.
The Zambian fine was imposed after Alstom admitted ...
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