Tag: Car Wash

Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Brazil ends the Car Wash anti corruption unit, which sent top politicians and business leaders to jail

Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially been disbanded putting an end for a team of prosecutors that sent dozens of Brazilian and regional political and business leaders to jail, including several former presidents.
Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Bolsonaro dumps “Operation Car Wash” because there is “no more corruption in the government”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he has ended the country's biggest-ever corruption probe, “Operation Car Wash,” as there is “no more corruption in the government.”
Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:11 UTC
Lula charged with money laundering bribes from Odebrecht

Prosecutors in Brazil's sprawling Car Wash corruption investigation on Monday charged former President Lula da Silva with money laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.
Friday, September 11th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Brazilian prosecution investigating Petrobras forex transactions between 2008 and 2011

Brazil’s federal police were serving 25 search warrants as part of an investigation regarding foreign-exchange transactions done by oil company Petrobras between 2008 and 2011, according to a statement from federal prosecutors on Thursday.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil's top prosecutor keeps active anti corruption task force that jailed ex-president Lula da Silva

The office of Brazil’s top prosecutor has decided to keep the country’s famed Car Wash anti-corruption task force active through Jan. 31, it said in a statement on Wednesday, in an at least temporary victory for the embattled group of prosecutors.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Brazilian police seek the arrest of Paraguay ex president Cartes on money laundering

Brazilian police are seeking the arrest of Paraguay’s ex-President Horacio Cartes as part of an investigation into money laundering. On Tuesday, Brazilian authorities alleged Cartes provided US$500,000 to a criminal organization at the request of Dario Messer, a Brazilian associate who was then a fugitive facing corruption charges, prosecutors told reporters.
Friday, November 8th 2019 - 05:58 UTC
Brazilian Supreme Court ruling could release Lula and thousands of white collar criminals

Brazil's Supreme Court decided on Thursday to end the mandatory imprisonment of convicted criminals after they lose their first appeal, restoring the previous rule that they should be allowed to exhaust all their appeal options before being locked up.
Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil Justices debating law that could free scores of convicts including Lula da Silva

Supreme Court judges in Brazil began voting Wednesday on whether to overturn a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their first appeal, instead of waiting until the end of the legal process. A favorable ruling could result in the freeing of scores of convicts, including leftist former president Lula da Silva, who is serving eight years and 10 months for corruption.
Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Petrobras contracts' scam: Brazilian prosecutors investigating Argentine construction group Technit

Brazilian police conducted raids on Wednesday in a new phase of the “Car Wash” corruption investigation, targeting alleged bribery by Italo-Argentine group Techint to secure contracts from state-run oil firm Petrobras.
Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil Supreme Court ruling could overturn corruption convictions

Brazilian Supreme Court justices approved late on Thursday a ruling that may overturn corruption convictions in the country's largest-ever corruption probe. The majority of the Supreme Court ruled that defendants mentioned in plea deals by witnesses also accused of corruption should have the right to defend themselves after testimony of the whistleblower - the right to address the court last.