Offshoots of Operation Car Wash
Investigations undertaken in Brazil as offshoots of the main sequence of phased operations of Operation Car Wash.
A long series of criminal investigations have occurred in Brazil associated with the anti-corruption probe Operation Car Wash, since the first one began in March 2014. These investigations are considered offshoots of the original phased investigations.
Background
Operation Car Wash (Portuguese: Operação Lava Jato) is an ongoing investigation into money laundering and political corruption in Brazil, which has been led by investigative judges, and carried out by the Federal Police.
Since its initiation in March 2014, many supplemental investigations that were offshoots of the original one have been conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office, the Attorney General's Office and the Federal Police from documents collected from search warrants, depositions from condução coercitiva warrants, and documents and testimony obtained through plea bargaining (delação premiada).
It has resulted in more than a thousand judicial warrants being served for three investigative judges. Politicians from Brazil's largest parties, including former presidents of Brazil, presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate, and state governors are involved, as well as businessmen from large Brazilian companies. Originally a money laundering investigation, it expanded to cover allegations of corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, where executives allegedly accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices. At the time Petrobras had more debt and a higher market valuation that any other corporation. It accounted for more than an eighth of all investment in Brazil.
The investigation is called "Operation Car Wash" because it was first uncovered at a car wash in Brasília.
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