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Clients and other receivable (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Clients and other receivable [Abstract] |
Clients and other receivable | Clients and other receivable as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, consist of the following:
|  | Balance as of September 30, 2018 |  |  | Balance as of December 31, 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Trade receivables |  |  | 247,216 |  |  |  | 186,728 |
Tax receivables |  |  | 27,788 |  |  |  | 39,607 |
Prepayments |  |  | 9,599 |  |  |  | 6,375 |
Other accounts receivable |  |  | 12,655 |  |  |  | 11,739 |
Total |  |  | 297,258 |  |  |  | 244,449 |

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