Transparency International - Daily Corruption News (25 Nov 2015)

25 November 2015 Today's top story Global: VimpelCom said to be near $775 million U.S. bribery settlement Bloomberg VimpelCom Ltd., a mobile operator partly owned by Mikhail Fridman and other Russian billionaires, is in talks to pay about $775 million -- a near record -- to settle U.S. allegations it paid bribes in Uzbekistan to win business, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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