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Business Matters: 2012 Buenos Aires Train Crash: Ex-Ministers Jailed

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2012 Buenos Aires Train Crash: Ex-Ministers Jailed

30/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, 2012 Buenos Aires Train Crash: Ex-Ministers Jailed

Two former transport ministers were among those jailed for their part in the 2012 crash

Juan Pablo Schiavi was given eight years for defrauding the public administration and involuntary manslaughter. Ricardo Jaime received six years for a defrauding charge.

In Argentina, two former transport ministers were among those jailed for their part in a 2012 train crash in which 51 people died and hundreds more were injured. Juan Pablo Schiavi was given eight years for defrauding the public administration and involuntary manslaughter. Ricardo Jaime got six years for a defrauding charge. Several other officials and the train operator as well as the driver were also sent to prison. The BBC's Veronica Smink has been watching the verdict come in in Buenos Aires.

Since the Soviet Union collapsed, Poland has thrived - economically and as a regional power. So, it's ironic that amidst all this success, Poland faces another very different threat to its existence: the Polish population is falling. Partly because so many Polish people are emigrating, but also because those who stay are having fewer children. This has created a "demographic time bomb", as there will soon be a vast number of old people with too few working men and women to support them. Paul Moss reports from Warsaw. 

And we find out why there's been a 10 per cent rise in online donations to charities. All this and more discussed with our two guests on opposite sides of the world. David Kuo of the Motley Fool in the studio in London and Paddy Hirsch of Marketplace in Los Angeles. 

(Photo: The aftermath of the Once train crash. Credit: Reuters).

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