Gilberto Kassab is a Brazilian politician and former mayor of São Paulo. His term ended in 2012. A civil engineer and economist,one of the most famous Brazilians of Syrian descent,Kassab took over from JoséSerra,after Serra decided to run for governor of São Paulo.
Odebrecht S.A.,officially known as Novonor,is a Brazilian conglomerate,headquartered in Salvador,Bahia,Brazil,consisting of diversified businesses in the fields of engineering,construction,chemicals and petrochemicals. The company was founded in 1944 in Salvador by Norberto Odebrecht,and is active in the Americas,the Caribbean,Africa,Europe and the Middle East. Its leading company is Norberto Odebrecht Construtora.
Roberto João Pereira Freire is a Brazilian lawyer and politician.
JoséRenan Vasconcelos Calheiros is a Brazilian politician and former President of the Federal Senate of Brazil. He has represented the state of Alagoas in the senate as a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement. since 1 February 1995. Renan's presidency of the Brazilian Senate,a term that started 1 February 2013,was revoked on 5 December 2016 by a minister of the Brazilian Supreme Court,Marco Aurélio Mello,who said that a person under investigation could not be in the line of succession for the presidency. However the Supreme Court decided 7 December 2016 that Renan could remain senate president,without being in the succession.
Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power to the smallest municipalities. Operation Car Wash showed central government members using the prerogatives of their public office for rent-seeking activities,ranging from political support to siphoning funds from state-owned corporation for personal gain. The Mensalão scandal for example used taxpayer funds to pay monthly allowances to members of congress from other political parties in return for their support and votes in congress. Politicians also used the state-owned and state-run oil company Petrobras to raise hundreds of millions of reais for political campaigns and personal enrichment.
Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho is a Brazilian lawyer,businessman,politician,and a member of the Progressistas (PP) party,of which he is the current president. He has represented Piauíin the Federal Senate since 2011. Previously,he was a Federal Deputy representing Piauífrom 1995 to 2011. He is a member of Progressistas.
Operation Car Wash was a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil. Beginning in March 2014 as the investigation of a small car wash in Brasília over money laundering,the proceedings uncovered a massive corruption scheme in the Brazilian federal government,particularly in state-owned enterprises. The probe was conducted through a joint task force of agents in the federal police,revenue collection agency,internal audit office and antitrust regulator. Evidence was collected and presented to the court system by a team of federal prosecutors led by Deltan Dallagnol,while the judge in charge of the operation was Sergio Moro. Eventually,other federal prosecutors and judges would go on to oversee related cases under their jurisdictions in various Brazilian states. The operation implicated leading businessmen,federal congressmen,senators,state governors,federal government ministers,and former presidents Collor,Temer and Lula. Companies and individuals accused of involvement have agreed to pay 25 billion reais in fines and restitution of embezzled public funds.
Eduardo Cosentino da Cunha,is a Brazilian politician and radio host,born in Rio de Janeiro. He was President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil from February 2015 until 5 May 2016,when he was removed from the position by the Supreme Court. BBC News labeled him the "nemesis" of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht is a Brazilian businessman and the former CEO of Odebrecht,a diversified Brazilian Conglomerate. In March 2016,he was sentenced to 19 years in prison for paying more than $30 million in bribes. The jail sentence was reduced to ten years in prison in December 2016 for paying a fine,admitting guilt and providing evidence to authorities.
Events in the year 2016 in Brazil:
Rodrigo Felinto Ibarra Epitácio Maia is a Brazilian politician who served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil between July 2016 and February 2021. A member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party since 2022,he is the son of former Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia and was reelected five times as a congressman until 2023,when he decided to not run for a sixth term in the Chamber of Deputies. Maia was affiliated to the Democrats party,formerly PFL,from 1996 to 2021,when he was expelled from the party for criticizing the party president,ACM Neto.
Events in the year 2017 in Brazil.
Manuela Pinto Vieira d'Ávila is a Brazilian journalist,writer and politician,a member of the Communist Party of Brazil since 2001.
Events in the year 2018 in Brazil.
A long series of criminal investigations have occurred in Brazil associated with Operation Car Wash,since the first one began in March 2014. These investigations are considered offshoots of the original phased investigations.
A long series of criminal investigations have occurred in Brazil associated with Operation Car Wash. The first investigation was launched in March 2014,and is now known as phase 1 of the investigation,with subsequent inquiries numbered sequentially and having code names such as phase 2,phase 3,and so on. By February 2021,there were 80 announced phases of Operation Car Wash.
The Odebrecht–Car Wash leniency agreement,also known in Brazil as the "end of the world plea deal",was the leniency agreement signed between Odebrecht S.A. and the Public Prosecutor's Office (PGR) in December 2016,as part of Operation Car Wash. The agreement provided for the deposition of 78 of the contractor's executives,including the former president Marcelo Odebrecht,and his father,Emílio Odebrecht,which generated 83 investigations at the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
The Odebrecht case is one of the largest corruption cases documented in recent Latin American history,spanning more than 30 years. It is based on an investigation by the United States Department of Justice,along with 10 other Latin American countries,into the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. This investigation details how Odebrecht would have made bribes to presidents,former presidents and government officials of 12 countries:Angola,Argentina,Brazil,Colombia,Ecuador,United States,Guatemala,Mexico,Mozambique,Panama,Peru,Dominican Republic and Venezuela,during the last 20 years,in order to obtain benefits in public contracting.
The accusations against Michel Temer by the Office of the Attorney General of Brazil consisted of two accusations for common crimes filed by the Attorney General of Brazil,Rodrigo Janot,against the President of the Republic,Michel Temer,based on the crimes of passive corruption,criminal organization,and obstruction of justice,within the scope of Operation Car Wash.
