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Brazil’s chief prosecutor formally accused President Michel Temer of taking $11.5 million in bribes from a meatpacker in exchange for help resolving tax disputes and securing bank loans.
In a statement sent Monday to Brazil’s Supreme Court, Prosecutor-General Rodrigo Janot charged Temer with agreeing to take money from JBS SA.… Continue Reading
Brazil’s Supreme Court has authorized a federal investigation into Brazilian President Michel Temer’s role in the sprawling corruption scandal known as Operation Car Wash. If Temer’s presidency does not survive the investigation — and I’m betting it won’t — it will be another chapter in what may be the most dramatic anti-corruption enforcement story this world has ever seen.… Continue Reading
Brazil’s Senate voted Wednesday to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office. The vote was 61 to 20, well clear of the two-thirds needed to pass the impeachment motion.
The Senate had suspended Rousseff in May after voting to hold an impeachment trial.… Continue Reading
Brazil’s anti-corruption effort remains largely in tact, though at least two recent events begin to raise suspicions.
First, as reported last week, Michel Temer (the acting president) dissolved Brazil’s principal anti-corruption agency, the Comptroller General (CGU), replacing it with a new Transparency Ministry.… Continue Reading
The first formal act of Brazil’s interim president has been a Provisional Measure that completely dissolves Brazil’s main anti-corruption enforcement agency, the Comptroller General (CGU).
Michel Temer, pictured left, who assumed office yesterday following Dilma Rousseff’s removal to stand trial for impeachment, approved the Provisional Measure No.… Continue Reading
Early this morning, Brazil’s Senate voted to move forward with President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial. Under Brazilian law, Dilma must immediately step down from office for the duration of the trial, which could be as long as six months.… Continue Reading
Brazil descended deeper into political chaos Thursday after a federal judge moved to block the swearing in of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to the current president, Dilma Rousseff.… Continue Reading
More than three million protesters poured into the streets across Brazil this weekend, demanding the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff. Meanwhile, her Workers’ Party coalition partner said it may join opposition forces in a month to topple her government.… Continue Reading
Here are some notable items from January through March this year in Brazil in connection with corruption, enforcement, and compliance.
Protests. According to military police, on March 15 about 2 million people took to the streets, in all Brazilian states, protesting against the federal government and corruption.… Continue Reading
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets this weekend to protest against corruption, accusing the ruling Worker’s Party of bribery at the state-owned oil giant Petrobras.
An estimated 700,000 protesters called for impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.… Continue Reading
As we mentioned in an earlier post on the FCPA Blog, on March 18 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff issued a presidential decree regulating the Clean Company Act, as a part of a series of anti-corruption measures to counter the increasing number of protests against the federal government.… Continue Reading
Conselheiro Thiers Montebello, President of the Tribunal de Contas for the Municipality of Rio de JanieroConselheiro Thiers Montebello is a busy man. He is the President of the Tribunal de Contas for the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (TCMRJ).… Continue Reading