Four employees of the British-Australian company Rio Tinto have been given jail sentences for bribery and stealing commercial secrets by Shanghai’s No. 1 People’s Court on March 24 2010.  Australian National, Hu received ten years, and three Chinese colleagues received jail sentences of fourteen, eight and seven years. During the three day trial all four men pleaded guilty to accepting bribes but disputed the $13M they were charged in taking as kickbacks.  Mining giant Rio Tinto stood by its employees for many months, but immediately reacted to the verdict by firing all four of them. (more…)