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Lava Jato

Operation Car Wash

Operation Car Wash (Portuguese: Operação Lava Jato) is an ongoing criminal investigation by the Federal Police of Brazil, Curitiba Branch. It began in March 2014 and was initially headed by investigative judge Sérgio Moro, and in 2019 by Judge Luiz Antônio Bonat .

'The largest foreign bribery case in history' BBC News

Lava Jato, the corruption case that's enveloped Brazil putting some of the rich and powerful, including ex president Lula, behind bars began in 2014 as a money laundering investigation.

Brazil's Odebrecht corruption scandal explained BBC News

Odebrecht is one of the firms that have been caught in Operacao Lava Jato, Brazil's corruption probe into the state oil giant Petrobras. Dozens of companies acknowledged paying bribes to ...

Operation Car Wash: The biggest corruption scandal ever

Operation Car Wash: Is this the biggest corruption scandal in history? The long read ... The investigation that led to Cerveró’s arrest – codenamed Lava Jato (Car Wash) – was about to ...

Brazil’s Corruption Fallout | Council on Foreign Relations

Brazil’s Corruption Fallout. ... More than a dozen other corporations and multiple foreign leaders have also been implicated in Lava Jato, including former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ...