Tag: Lava Jato operation

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 02:40 UTC

  Close friend of Lula da Silva formally charged in the Petrobras corruption case

  

  The sprawling Petrobras corruption scandal web is again close to former president Lula da Silva, this landowner Jose Carlos Bumlai, arrested during Operation Lava Jato, was charged with corruption, money laundering and fraud.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil's top two construction tycoons arrested in connection to Petrobras case

  

  Brazilian police arrested on Friday Marcelo Odebrecht, the head of Latin America's largest engineering and construction company Odebrecht SA, ensnaring the most high-profile executive to date in the corruption investigation at state-run oil firm Petrobras.