Tag: embezzlement

After Denouncing Fraud at Petrobras to Police, Ex-director Refuses to Talk to Congress

Paulo Roberto Costa, former director of the supplying department of Brazil’s state-owned oil multinational ...

Brazil Finds 2000 Corruption Cases Against the State and US$ 9 Bi Embezzled in 7 Years

Approximately US$ $9.3 billion may have been embezzled in seven years, according to a ...

US$ 11 Million in Donations Disappear from Brazil’s Red Cross Coffers

Millions of dollars earmarked for disaster relief operations are suspected of having been embezzled ...

Brazil Congress: The Same Old Story, Corruption, Embezzlement, Impunity

Another case of political corruption has made headlines in Brazil and once again it ...

85% of Brazilians Want Their Senate Chief Ousted from Congress

An opinion poll carried out by Ipsos for Brazil's daily newspaper O Estado de ...

Brazil Has Blocked Overseas US$ 300 Million Stolen from the Public Coffers

The Brazilian government hopes to recover around US$ 300 million that were transferred abroad ...

Brazil Wages War on Money-laundering

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said today that Brazil has been “implacable” ...