Tag: Rodrigo Janot

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Petrobras corruption probe encroaching President Rousseff; party's treasurer arrested

  

  A widening investigation into alleged corruption at Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras took a step closer to President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday when police arrested the ruling party’s treasurer, João Vaccari Neto, who has been charged with receiving “irregular donations” for the Workers’ Party, or PT, from some of the oil company’s suppliers.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 07:42 UTC

  Brazilian opposition insists Supreme Court must investigate Rousseff

  

  Brazil's opposition has announced that it will ask the Supreme Federal Court to investigate President Dilma Rousseff for the Petrobras corruption scandal in which her party's treasurer Joao Vacari is also implicated.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Petrobras corruption: top prosecutor hands the Supreme Court names of 54 politicians

  

  Brazil's top prosecutor Rodrigo Janot asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to open an investigation into 54 politicians who allegedly benefited from a multibillion-dollar kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras a Supreme Court spokesperson said on Tuesday.

• Friday, December 12th 2014 - 06:03 UTC

  Brazilian executives from leading companies formally charged for the Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  Brazilian prosecutors formally charged executives from six of the country's largest engineering firms with forming a cartel to funnel kickbacks from state-run oil firm Petrobras to the ruling political party and its allies.