The Czech construction giant Metrostav has been brought to its knees by a corruption scandal that dates back to 2012. That's when the governor of the Central Bohemia region David Rath was caught by police getting into his car with CZK 7m in cash. Quite entertainingly, he claimed he had thought the boxes were filled with wine instead of cash. But it gradually came out that Rath was at the center of two plots to skim millions off the top of construction projects paid for with public funds. Rath was found guilty in the first case, but it's . . .
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