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VolkerWessels units see trial start over Dutch claims of Sint Maarten bribery

By Martin Coyle ( January 19, 2026, 17:17 GMT | Insight) -- Two units of construction company VolkerWessels should be fined €525,000 for paying bribes on a bridge building project in the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten, Dutch prosecutors said on Monday. Bribes for the project were paid in cash hidden in newspapers or drawings and handed over in parking lots to a former minister on the island, they allege. Two units of construction company VolkerWessels should be fined €525,000 ($600,000) for paying bribes over a Caribbean island bridge-building project, Dutch prosecutors said on Monday....

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