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Operation Car Wash (Portuguese: Operação Lava Jato, Portuguese pronunciation: [opeɾɐˈsɐ̃w lavɐ ˈʒatu]) was a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Beginning in March 2014 as the investigation of a small car wash in Brasília over money laundering , the proceedings uncovered a massive corruption scheme in the ...
On 5 December 2018 Federal Police launched phase 57 of Operation Car Wash, code named Operation No Limits (Sem Limites), to investigate business activity in Petrobras' trading sector activities. [ n ] In the states of Paraná and Rio de Janeiro, 190 police officers served 37 court orders (search and seizure warrants, preventive custody, and ...
On 15 December 2015, the Federal Police launched a new offshoot of Operation Car Wash, dubbed "Operation Catiline Orations" (Operação Catilinárias), [36] serving search and seizure warrants at the official residence of Deputy Eduardo Cunha (PMDB – Rio de Janeiro), in Brasília. Warrants were also served at Rio de Janeiro addresses of the PMDB.
In early 2017, JBS was the target of several operations by the Federal Police (PF) and the Public Ministry (MPF), including Operation Greenfield, Operation Car Wash, and Operation Cui Bono?. [9] In late March, JBS executives and lawyers approached the Attorney General's Office (PGR) with the purpose of establishing a plea bargain agreement.
Operation Car Wash was a nine-year criminal investigation (2014 – 2022) that began in Brazil and originally involved money-laundering at the state-owned oil company Petrobras and bribery of government officials, including politicians, senators, governors, and businessmen, which expanded to numerous other companies (notably Odebrecht) and a dozen foreign countries.
According to the lead prosecutor of Operation Car Wash, Deltan Dallagnol, the leniency agreement provided the "greatest refund in world history". [24] Odebrecht and Braskem pleaded guilty and would pay fines of 3.5 billion dollars, the equivalent of 12 billion reals, 80 per cent of which would go to Brazil. [25]
Jan 3 – 8: Operation Quick Kick [1] 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division search and destroy operation: Bình Dương Province: Jan 8 – 14: Operation Crimp [3]: 30 Operation by two brigades of the 1st Infantry Division and the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment: Ho Bo Woods, 20 km north of Cu Chi, Bình Dương Province: 129: 22 Jan 9 – 11
Alberto Youssef (born 6 October 1967) is a Brazilian black-market banker. He has been implicated in several of Brazil's largest scandals during the past generation. [1] He was a figure in the Banestado scandal, and later was a major target of Operation Car Wash, the official investigation of corruption surrounding Petrobras, the government-controlled oil company.