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former head of petrobras arrested
Federal police arrest the former head of Petrobras. -
Coast signs plea agreement and names beneficiaries
Costa signs a plea bargain deal with prosecutors, agreeing to explain the corruption scheme and name beneficiaries in exchange for a lighter sentence. -
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Brazil Poltical Courruption Scandal
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Oil Scandal
Millions of dollars were allegedly skimmed off inflated contracts for the Abreu e Lima refinery being built near Recife in Brazil’s northeast. -
Dallagnol declares war on corruption
Prosecutors formally charge 36 people, 22 of them from engineering firms OAS , Camargo Correa, UTC Engenharia, Galvao Engenharia, Mendes Junior and Engevix. Prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol declares war on corruption in Brazil in a nationally televised press conference. -
Oil and Courruption Scandal
Brazil's Supreme Court says it will investigate the speakers of both houses of Congress, 32 other politicians in connection with the Petrobras scandal. 12 senators and 22 congressmen from 5 parties are under investigation. -
Speaker of the House Scandal
In video testimony, a key witness who brokered lucrative Petrobras contracts for suppliers testifiyed that combative speaker of the House demanded and received $5 million in overdue bribes. -
Investigations into Lula
Federal prosecutors opened a formal inquiry into whether former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva improperly used his connections overseas. -
Protests for Rousseffers resignation
Hundreds of thousands of protesters march to demand President Rousseff's resignation, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party over alleged large-scale corruption and looming recession. -
Governmnet borrows billions
Three executives of Brazil's Camargo Correa group are convicted of money laundering, corruption and other charges. Two will serve a year of house arrest with electronic monitoring. The third could face nine years and six months in prison. -
Energy companies bribary scandal
It was discovered that energy companies had bribed politicians to vote for industry-friendly laws.
