Tag: Odebrecht corruption

• Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

  Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala sentenced to 15 years in jail

  

  Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his ex-wife, Nadine Heredia, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated money laundering related to illicit funds used during the 2011 campaign. In both cases, their pretrial detention counts as time served. The couple denied all charges. Prosecutors had requested 20-year sentences.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Kenji Fujimori faces 12-year prison for attempting to buy votes in Peruvian congress

  

  Peruvian prosecutors are seeking a 12-year prison term for former lawmaker Kenji Fujimori on charges of attempting to buy votes in a plot to keep ex-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski from being impeached. Prosecutor Bersabeth Revilla accused the son of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori of bribery and influence-peddling.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil's largest private company, Odebrecht, files for bankruptcy; US$ 20bn in debts

  

  Scandal-ridden Brazil construction giant Odebrecht, which has admitted to spending nearly US$ 800 million to bribe officials across Latin America to win contracts, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, judicial sources said.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  Mexico announces a criminal probe into Brazil's Odebrecht corruption

  

  Mexico will launch a criminal probe into Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA within 60 days, Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said on Monday.