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Brazil's Odebrecht CEO charged with money laundering, corruption and criminal conspiracy
Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges on Friday against the chief executive of Latin America's largest engineering firm and other senior executives detained last month in a landmark investigation meant to show that the country's elite are not above the law. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBUT< BUT< weren't these people 'advised' by Lula himself.
Jul 25th, 2015 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Plenty of evidence including photographs of Lula and this bunch cosying up.
“Marcelo Odebrecht, the third-generation chief executive of the family-run Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht SA, was charged with corruption, money laundering and criminal conspiracy.
Jul 25th, 2015 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well, as the rule goes, ”The first generation starts a business. The second generation runs it. And the third generation ruins it.”
Couldn't be truer....Marcelo Odebrecht should pay a humongous fine then rot in prison....along with his good friend and co-conspirator, Lula.
I thought that bribes and graft were the norm in Latam, as long as you don't get caught.
Jul 25th, 2015 - 10:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Another part of the Petrobras scam. I assume prosecutors are now investigating every business that has ever had anything to do with Petrobras.
Jul 26th, 2015 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Provided the Government doesn't interfere in some illegal manner, we will soon find out that the PB corruption is just the tip of the iceberg....anyone with half-a-brain knows that there is corruption in every single enterprise that even in the remotest manner, has anything to do with public funding.
Jul 26th, 2015 - 08:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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