Tag: Jose Dirceu

• Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 18:17 UTC

  Brazil politics fat cats to jail confirms the Supreme Court in landmark judgment

  

  In a landmark judgment, Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld more than a dozen jail terms handed down in a political corruption scandal which broke in 2005.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Brazil’s Supreme Court reopens country’s biggest corruption trial

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court has narrowly ruled in favour of reopening the country's biggest corruption trial. The court agreed that 12 of 25 people convicted in a scheme using public funds to pay parties for political support could have appeals heard.

• Thursday, January 10th 2013 - 04:03 UTC

  Brazilian hacker publishes sensitive personal data on politicians convicted for corruption

  

  A hacker in Brazil has published sensitive personal data of politicians convicted during a major corruption trial known as the “Mensalao”. Jose Genoino, Jose Dirceu and Delubio Soares have had address, phone numbers, emails and other details exposed.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2012 - 00:05 UTC

  Lula da Silva former chief of staff sentenced to 10 years in prison for corruption

  

  The chief of staff to former President Lula da Silva, and fellow founder of Brazil's ruling Workers' Party, was sentenced to over 10 years in prison for running a congressional vote buying scheme almost a decade ago.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil high court convicts top aides of Lula da Silva for ‘Mensalao’ corruption scandal

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court convicted three top aides of former president Lula da Silva of graft related to a vote-buying scheme in Congress. Lula's ex-chief of staff Jose Dirceu was found guilty by six of the 10 judges in connection with the scheme that ran from 2002 to 2005 during the popular president's first term, a court spokesman said.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  Lula da Silva trusted aides face overwhelming evidence of involvement in ‘active corruption’

  

  The so called “trail of the century” in Brazil has already condemned 22 of the 37 culprits and on Wednesday is expected to peak when three former leaders of the ruling Workers’ Party are formally accused of having setup a network of bribes to ensure a majority in congress.

• Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:43 UTC

  Brazil’s ‘trial of the century’ culprits point to Lula da Silva as “the chief”

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva was “the chief” of the corruption network the ruling Workers Party had organized to have sufficient votes in Congress, according to a report published in the weekly Veja, the magazine with the largest circulation in the country.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2012 - 11:22 UTC

  Brazil’s “major corruption trial” takes off Thursday and involves 38 politicians

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Tribunal is preparing details for the so called “major trial” of the country’s history which accuses 38 high ranking politicians and officials involved in a 2005 corruption case which almost tumbled the government of then President Lula da Silva.