Tag: operation Car Wash

Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Lula, in a new corruption conviction is sentenced to another 13 years in prison

A Brazilian court on Wednesday handed a near 13-year sentence to Lula da Silva, in a new corruption conviction for the former president already serving a lengthy jail term in a separate case.
Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:48 UTC
Brazilian middleman involved in Petrobras corruption arrested in the US

A Brazilian man facing allegations of bribing officials at state-run oil company Petrobras on behalf of Vitol Group, Glencore and other major oil trading firms has been arrested in the United States, authorities said Tuesday.
Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 06:55 UTC
Brazil future Justice minister Moro pledges to fight organized crime and corruption

The judge who is the most prominent face of Brazil's anti-corruption campaign denied that his appointment as justice minister was a reward for having convicted and jailed a political rival of his new boss.
Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 07:01 UTC
Lula challenges conviction arguing “proven bias” of Brazil's next Justice minister

Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva has challenged his corruption conviction, arguing that the judge behind his conviction has “proven his bias” by accepting a cabinet post under a political rival. The petition filed on Monday with Brazil's highest court asks Lula, who is currently serving a 12-year sentence, to be freed and his conviction overturned.
Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 07:11 UTC
Controversy in Brazil as anti graft Judge Moro accepts post as Justice minister

Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has convinced crusading anti-graft Judge Sergio Moro to become his justice minister, the two said on Thursday, delighting supporters and enraging critics “by hiring the jurist who jailed Bolsonaro's chief political rival”.
Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 07:23 UTC
Bolsonaro wants Brazil's top anti corruption judge as his Justice minister

Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro says he wants the country's best-known anti-corruption judge to be justice minister or to serve on the Supreme Court. Sergio Moro has been the driving force behind an anti-corruption probe known as Operation Car Wash.
Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 08:52 UTC
Bye, Bye Lula

On Sunday, Brazil’s top electoral court ruled that “Lula”, former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October. He served two terms as president (2003-2011), he dutifully waited out the following two terms, and his Workers’ Party (PT) has nominated him for the presidency again.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:37 UTC
'K notebooks' corruption: companies won't be punished for what employees may have done

The Argentine government will allow companies whose officials are named in a corruption probe to continue work on existing projects and to bid for new ones. Contracts will be honored and companies won’t be punished for what employees may have done, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich said in an interview in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:02 UTC
Argentine ex-vice president Boudou sentenced to five years and ten months in prison

Argentina's former vice president, Amado Boudou, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of corruption while serving under former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The charges related to Boudou's attempt to buy a company that printed currency through a front business while serving as Cristina Fernández economy minister.
Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 11:02 UTC
Argentine and Brazilian prosecution reach a deal on “Operation Car Wash”

Argentina's main prosecutor's office said it has reached a deal with its Brazilian counterpart to use testimony reached through plea bargains in the “Operation Car Wash” corruption case in local graft investigations.