Tag: corruption

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Moro considered releasing Odebrecht's bribes confession in Venezuela to harm president Maduro

  

  Brazilian justice minister Sergio Moro considered releasing construction giant Odebrecht's confession to paying bribes in Venezuela to harm the country's president Nicolas Maduro, The Intercept investigative website reported on Sunday.

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• Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Singapore rig builder under graft investigation in Brazil's “car wash” operation

  

  Rig builder Sembcorp Marine said on Wednesday that authorities had executed a search warrant on its shipyard in Brazil as part of an ongoing graft investigation, sending its shares sharply lower.

• Saturday, June 29th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  The US Treasury lists the son of Nicolas Maduro in the “corrupt boys club”

  

  The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the son of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for serving in his father's “illegitimate regime”. The action freezes any assets Nicolas Ernesto Maduro Guerra has in the United States and bars American individuals or institutions from doing business with the 29-year-old.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Walmart agrees to pay millions to settle corruption practices in overseas units

  

  Walmart Inc said on Thursday it will pay US$382 million to settle a seven-year-long investigation into whether its overseas units in Mexico, Brazil, China and India violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The retailer will pay more than US$144 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission and about US$138 million to resolve parallel criminal charges by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to court and regulatory filings.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazilian Justice minister Moro blames organized crime for the hacking of his messages

  

  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Wednesday that a criminal organization was responsible for leaks of his private messages as a federal judge, which raised questions about his ethics while overseeing a major corruption probe.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  
Argentine ex official sentenced to six years in prison for corruption

  

  A court on Wednesday sentenced former Argentine secretary of Public Works minister Jose Lopez to six years in prison after he was caught by police trying to hide bags stuffed with US$9 million in cash at a Buenos Aires convent.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Lava Jato leaks: Calls for Minister Moro to resign

  

  Brazil’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro faced intense pressure on Tuesday after leaked personal messages raised doubts about his impartiality as the judge overseeing landmark corruption cases, with an influential newspaper calling on him to resign.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 22:19 UTC

  Argentina: Overprices of up to 90% in sales to Venezuela detected

  

  Inconsistencies were found in binational businesses for overpricing and irregular billing for more than 20,000 million dollars between Venezuela and Argentina. According to a report from the General Syndicature of the Nation (Sigen), which was accessed by the newspaper La Nación, between 2012 and 2016 at least 15 Argentine companies would be involved in the escrow between the two countries.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro defends his accused son and tells prosecutors and the media to go after him

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused Brazilian prosecutors and the media of targeting his son in a corruption probe as an attempt to damage his administration, challenging critics to ”come at me.''

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Ex Brazilian president Temer released from jail with conditions

  

  A Brazilian court ordered former president Michel Temer's release from jail with conditions on Tuesday, less than a week after he was detained for a second time in a case related to a corruption scandal that has ensnared several high-profile South American politicians.