Rio Tinto employees sentenced in China
A Shanghai court today handed down stiff sentence to four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. The men were found guilty of accepting $13.5 million in bribes from Chinese steel-making companies, and to stealing commercial secrets. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.
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