Role reversal. Then, what do the allies on this side of the pond think of the g7 dustup and the trump tariffs . Ill speak with britains former foreign minister, david millband. And ill tell you about the biggest Corruption Scandal maybe in the history of the world. Its called operation car wash. You will not believe the scale and the people who have been brought down. Finally, a lighter note. The great joanna coles on love in the digital age in the era of metoo. But first, heres my take. Lee kwan eu often said to me, e dominant power in the 21st century only if it is the dominant pacific power. Lee, the founder of modern singapore and one of the smartest minds ive met, spoke about this issue late in life as he worried about the breakdown of the stability that allowed for the extraordinary Global Growth of the last half century. Theey he was certain was deep american engagement in asia, which was quickly becoming the center of Global Economics and power. Alas, donald trump appears to be
the investigation. so how did they do it? to be honest, the investigation started very small. it was an investigation about money laundering. but following the money, the investigation grew, and wow, for all of us, police officers, prosecutors, judges, not only me but the other judge involved in the case, for all of us, it was a prize. it began in the capital city of brasilia in the most mundane of places, a gas station, that had once housed a car wash. in what came to be known as operation car wash, the police tapped the phones of a money transfer business housed there, and in 2012, they heard the voice of alberto yusef, an infamous money laundering, the new york times reported. anyone linked to him immediately came under suspicion. in 2014, police arrested yusef and roberto costa, a former executive of brazil s state-run
oil company, petrobras. yusef had given the executive a rather con speckous gift, a range rover worth more than $100,000. this is where judge moro was key. he kept them in jail before their trials, something unheard of, then he used their detentions to employ another relatively new legal innovation in il, plea deals. these criminals, they decided to cooperate with the prosecutors. that was the turning point. in the end, the investigation uncovered a cartel of at least 16 brazilian companies that rigged the bidding on petrobras contracts, according to the new york times. they created the illusion of competition, but decided between themselves who got the contracts, which were wildly inflated in price. petrobras officials received a cut of those inflated contracts, much of that money was then diverted to politicians and political parties. it was all a game, and the