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
brazen corruption are over. it give a have more more due flava jato through a harsh light on corruption not a new forms of bribery will be found unfortunately most of all it will be a long time before corruption in brazil is extinguished he had to tackle some of it as you. might brazil still find a solution to what s dilemma many powerful and corrupt elites have been indicted dozens are already in prison most ordinary brazilians are desperate for change to fail lect a new honest generation of politicians they could spark a sea change brazil could still reinvent itself and shed its long history of corruption right now the chances seem better for that than ever before.
overthrowing the government his statement was widely applauded on social media and by many of his colleagues. the lava shot to investigators are placing their faith in the people they know their operation can succeed on its own. justice and i think that i don t want to put it all depends on the next elections people must vote for candidates who am not corrupt themselves and be committed to the fight against corruption so much this difficult to goes. down we ll see the changes we need to function as a nation system because they can last this is almost hopeless he starts on the prosecutors on the lava shot to a task force see the remarkable success of their investigation as the first important step toward a more honest and better brazil and we re not doing it up but they know political reforms are urgently necessary especially in combat in the corporate slush funds used to finance election campaigns at present though this seems unlikely.
the war he s doing he s very quiet he doesn t give interviews. in july twenty seven teen former president lula da silva was found guilty of corruption. a court of appeals upheld the conviction and increased his sentence from nine to twelve years. lula remains free for now pending a possible appeal to brazil s highest court and to the outside chance that his verdict will be overturned. theobald it s a sign that there is justice in brazil and that no one not even an ex-president is above the law anyways those are. the conviction notwithstanding lula remains the country s most popular politician under his tenure from tooth. thousand and three to two thousand and twelve brazil enjoyed years in which the price of
in a corruption trial so in terms one of potus. the repayments and fines incurred by politicians and corporate executives embroiled in the investigation already total some three billion euros she s. just lost the scandal has revealed how the country s political elite have for years fed at the trough of corruption and enrich themselves. just as the sheer scale of the corruption scandal is what has shaken brazil to its core there are more than five hundred members of parliament and two thirds of them are under investigation for corruption and obstruction of justice. because the former president of the chamber of deputies one of the state s highest representatives has been sentenced on charges of corruption i think that s. the trail from the gas station in brasilia soon led investigators to petro bus a semipublic petroleum multinational brazil s biggest company it is at the heart of