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Propinoduct scandal (2002) – a political corruption scandal in the 1990s in RJ state government of Anthony Garotinho, involving allegations of widespread bribery and corruption in the Brazilian government and public sector; BANCOOP case (2002, 2004) - Allegations of money-laundering, invoice padding, Workers'Party slush fund. [18]
Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power to the smallest municipalities. [1] [2] [3] Operation Car Wash showed central government members using the prerogatives of their public office for rent-seeking activities, ranging from political support to siphoning funds from state-owned corporation for personal gain.
The objective was to investigate evidence of active and passive corruption and money laundering crimes involving nonpolitical targets, but linked to senators Renan Calheiros (Brazilian Democratic Movement-Alagoas), Senate president Eunício Oliveira (Brazilian Democratic Movement-Ceará), Valdir Raupp (Brazilian Democratic Movement-Rondônia ...
Brazilian authorities are investigating whether JPMorgan Chase & Co played a role in an alleged bribery and money laundering scheme that dated back to 2011 and involved state-run oil company ...
The “Car Wash” investigation began in March 2014 looking into black market money-changing involving a gas station in Brazil's capital, Brasilia, but it soon discovered billions of dollars in ...
By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Eike Batista, the former mining and oil magnate who was once Brazil's richest man, was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison for bribing Rio de Janeiro ...
In June, the governor of Mato Grosso do Sul, Reinaldo Azambuja (PSDB), appealed to the Supreme Federal Court requesting the removal of Edson Fachin from the relator position in the JBS investigations, alleging that the plea bargains were not related to the corruption case in Petrobras (the main target of the Lava Jato investigations), [16] as well as questioning the benefits granted to the ...
The Brazilian unit of retailer Carrefour SA said on Thursday it is the target of a corruption probe into alleged payments related to the headquarters of its Brazilian brand Atacadao and a Sao ...