independent online newspaper which ran stories other reporters are reluctant to go now. just decision making has been apparent in the construction industry for twenty years it s always the same players exemptions and benefits are always granted to the same people. in the last two years public prosecutors have started looking into it and are investigating the current mayor and his predecessor for corruption. and bags has been suspended and turned down our request for an interview he s currently not allowed to return to duty an investigation into his actions is underway. stephan i know has long been reporting on the ties between local politicians and construction firms. i know
independent online newspaper which ran stories other reporters are reluctant to go now. just decision making has been apparent in the construction industry for twenty years it s always the same players exemptions and benefits are always granted to the same people. in the last two years public prosecutors have started looking into it and are investigating the current mayor and his predecessor for corruption. and their bags has been suspended and tunde down our request for an interview he s currently not allowed to return to duty an investigation into his actions is on the way. stefan i know has long been reporting on the ties between local politicians and construction firms. i know.
shepard: the two construction firms behind the podesta bridge that collapsed in miami yesterday have faced fines and lawsuits before. the companies are mcm construction and fig bridge design. miami herald newspaper reports that in the year 2012 fig had a 90-ton slab of concrete fall from a bridge it was building. the associate press reports that the feds have hit mcm the other company with tens of thousands of dollars in fines. and this month a lawsuit accusing mcm of hiring incompetent, inexperienced, unskilled or careless employees. that s the wording from the document. representatives from both companies say they are cooperating with the collapse investigation. moments ago senator bill nelson commanded the u.s. department of transportation release all documents related to the construction of that podesta bridge.
a cartel of the biggest construction firms in brazil headed by odebrecht it was fraud according to clearly defined rules each construction firm paid three percent of the contracts value into a slush fund some of the. backs went straight to the ruling parties others flowed to money launderers delayed rows and then on to petro bras executives and influential politicians. many brazilians feel they no longer recognize their own country. they are no longer willing to accept corruption as a fact of life and turn a blind eye to the fact that their politicians are for sale. they are refusing to accept the old by word of robot must fight he steals but he gets things done. this way as on a gang of five people used to say that
always the primary motivation for going into politics and standing for election is the quest for privilege and of course for wealth for financial benefits what. however the corruption unearthed in the lava shuttle scandal was unprecedented even for brazil it worked like a well oiled machine. first and foremost the network of corruption served to keep the ruling parties in power they used the slush funds to finance their election campaigns in exchange political operatives were given executive posts with public companies like the oil company path rip us these executives then saw to it that inflated contracts were awarded to a cartel of the biggest construction firms in brazil headed by odebrecht it was fraud according to clearly defined rules each construction firm paid three percent