Tag: operation Car Wash

• Wednesday, August 17th 2016 - 03:01 UTC

  Dilma and Lula face investigation for justice obstruction, reports GloboNews

  

  Brazilian Federal Supreme Court justice has authorized the opening of an investigation into President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Lula da Silva for allegedly working to obstruct the course of a sweeping corruption probe, GloboNews news channel said on Tuesday.

• Saturday, August 13th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

  Media exposes Brazil congress 'behind the scenes' plot for a 'corruption amnesty' in the Petrobras case

  

  Brazilian financial newspaper Valor Econômico revealed details of an alleged corruption amnesty currently being discussed by lawmakers who have been accused of alleged involvement in the graft scandal at state oil firm Petrobras.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2016 - 08:57 UTC

  Head of Brazil's nuclear energy development sentenced 43 years in jail for corruption

  

  The CEO of Brazil’s nuclear power company Eletronuclear, was sentenced to serve 43 years in prison by a Rio de Janeiro judge, Valor Economico newspaper reported. Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva considered the father of Brazil’s nuclear program and a pillar of the military-industrial establishment was convicted of corruption, money-laundering, organized crime and obstruction of justice, in the latest chapter of the country’s historic “Operation Carwash” investigation.

• Friday, June 24th 2016 - 12:02 UTC

  Ex-top minister of Lula and Rousseff arrested; Senator Gleisi Hoffmann house raided

  

  A top ex-minister of Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff became the latest official to get arrested in a sprawling corruption probe on Thursday, authorities said. Police also searched the headquarters of Rousseff's Workers Party in Sao Paulo in one of a series of raids across five states in the country.

• Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

  Supreme Court lets three powerful Temer allies off the hook

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected a request by the nation’s Attorney General to arrest three senior members of acting President Michel Temer’s party in connection with the massive corruption investigation focused on Petrobras.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

  Brazilian prosecution asks for the arrest of senior figures of Temer's government

  

  Brazil's political crisis heated up Tuesday, as authorities reportedly sought the arrests of senior figures behind the push to impeach suspended president Dilma Rousseff, accusing them of obstructing a corruption probe, according to the country's leading newspapers. This happens less than two months to go before Rio de Janeiro hosts the Summer Olympics.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2016 - 05:34 UTC

  Temer loses top minister to Petrobras scandal: recordings expose plans to obstruct investigation

  

  Brazil's Planning Minister Romero Juca said on Monday he will temporarily step down after a newspaper published recordings of him discussing plans to obstruct the country's biggest-ever corruption investigation, which includes him among its targets.

• Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:33 UTC

  Temer promises to combat corruption by strengthening anti-graft institutions

  

  A government led by Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer would press ahead with the country's corruption fight by strengthening anti-graft institutions and enacting tougher controls over state-run companies, and will also implement an education reform, according to a six chapter document leaked to the Sao Paulo media.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 07:52 UTC

  Mega corporation Odebrecht involved in Petrobras case, plans to sell assets to meet debt obligations

  

  Troubled Brazilian construction company Odebrecht SA plans to sell about 12 billion reais (US$3.4 billion) in assets to help meet its debt obligations, according to the builder’s chief executive officer. The company had a gross debt of 85 billion reais in 2014, the most recent figure available, but much of it is long-term debt and the biggest payments start only in 2025, Odebrecht CEO Newton de Souza said in an interview published Friday in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.

• Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 06:47 UTC

  Prosecutors ask for Lula da Silva to be placed under formal investigation

  

  Prosecutors in Brazil asked Wednesday that powerful ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was questioned this week in a huge corruption probe, be placed under formal investigation. The press service of the Sao Paulo state prosecutors' office said precise details of the request were not yet known and that a news conference would be held Thursday.