Then they produced sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat.
Superficially this is an improvement as there isn't a stiletto in sight, no babies in briefcases, and best of all, some of the women are quite old.
They described two decades of rampant corruption in which officials steered marketing and broadcast contracts in exchange for bribes — paid out through convoluted financial deals and briefcases full of cash.
Then they brought out sandwiches from their briefcases and started to eat.