Tag: J&F Investimentos

• Saturday, October 17th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  World's largest meatpacker, Brazil's J&F, pleads guilty in US court on corruption charges

  

  The owner of the world’s largest meatpacker pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court this week to paying nearly US$ 180 million in bribes to top Brazilian officials in exchange for state-backed financing used to go on a buying spree in the U.S.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Corruption investigation into Brazil's major meatpacker JBS SA

  

  Brazilian police made public an investigation into corruption involving three senators and three lawmakers that stemmed from a related probe into major meatpacker JBS SA. The police carried out 24 search-and-seizure warrants in the early morning hours, they said in a written statement, as part of an investigation into money laundering and corruption, among other crimes.