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Title: How One Deal Changed a Nation: The Mechanics of a Corrupt Transaction and Its Multi-Decade ImpactIntroduction Corruption usually doesn’t look like two villains in a dark alley handing over a suitcase of cash. It’s often a carefully choreographed transaction involving contracts, promises, and institutional weaknesses. This article walks through the anatomy of a high-impact corrupt deal — who paid whom, what was promised, how the mechanics worked — and shows how a single compromised…