Tag: Brazil, Corruption, Odebrecht, Petrobras, Lula

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Lula, in a new corruption conviction is sentenced to another 13 years in prison

  

  A Brazilian court on Wednesday handed a near 13-year sentence to Lula da Silva, in a new corruption conviction for the former president already serving a lengthy jail term in a separate case.

• Friday, September 8th 2017 - 09:09 UTC

  End of the line: ex minister and confident claims Lula da Silva accepted US$ 100 million from Odebrecht

  

  A former finance minister and close confidant of Brazil’s Lula da Silva accused the ex-president of receiving bribes from contractor Odebrecht, adding to a list of corruption accusations that threaten Lula’s ability to run for president in 2018.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 09:41 UTC

  Brazilian government prunes the corruption investigation “Operation Car Wash”

  

  Brazil's federal police announced late Thursday that they are shutting down the primary task force assigned to a jumbo corruption investigation, drawing criticism from prosecutors who said it would undermine the probe. The investigation, known as “Operation Car Wash,” is Brazil's largest-ever corruption probe. It has jailed top politicians and business executives and led to allegations against President Michel Temer.

• Friday, December 23rd 2016 - 01:46 UTC

  Brazil's Odebrecht breaks another penalty record, this time in US court: US$ 3.5bn

  

  Brazil's construction colossus Odebrecht and affiliated petrochemical company Braskem SA agreed on Wednesday in New York to pay at least US$3.5 billion, the largest penalty ever in a foreign bribery case, to resolve international charges involving payoffs to Brazil's state oil company and others.