By Fabio Teixeira and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, April 23 (Reuters) - Caldic, a global chemicals distributor ...

Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and environmental crime can be measured in the tens of billions of dollars ...

Caldic, the global chemicals distributor majority-owned by Advent International, is under investigation in Brazil.

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