Tag: Brazil's federal police

• Friday, July 5th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazil's Federal Police files case against Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil's Federal Police (PF) accused former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday of money laundering and conspiracy to commit a crime in the attempted misappropriation of jewelry gifted by Saudi Arabia while he was in office.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Four people arrested in Brazil for hacking ministers and judges' phones

  

  Brazil's federal police arrested four people for allegedly hacking the phone of Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, a key member of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's Cabinet who had previously been a renowned anti-corruption judge.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 11:20 UTC

  Thousands of followers rallied to support ex president Lula da Silva outside his prison

  

  Several thousand supporters of former Brazilian president Lula Inacio da Silva rallied on Sunday outside the prison where he has now been held for a year, as they demanded his release and chanted slogans against current leader Jair Bolsonaro.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 16:07 UTC

  Atocha Massacre fugitive captured in Brazil

  

  Spanish diplomatic sources confirmed Thursday that Carlos Garcia Julia, 65, a fugitive Spanish terrorist, convicted for the politically motivated killings of five people in 1977, is in the custody of Brazil's Federal Police in the state of Sao Paulo.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Brazil's Temer faces new charges for corruption and criminal association

  

  Brazil's federal police filed new charges against President Michel Temer on Tuesday, recommending he be put on trial for corruption, money laundering and criminal association for allegedly taking bribes to favor port management companies. The investigation report was filed to the country's top court.