Brazil’s Corruption Crackdown Crumbles: The New Legal Landscape
(Analysis) Brazil's judicial system is currently undergoing a significant and dramatic transformation process. Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato), once a...
May 26, 2024Topic
José Dirceu
Brazil: Before the State-owned law, companies lived a routine of corruption; remember
8 Brazilian state-owned companies and 12 pension funds have been targets of anti-corruption police operations over the past two decades
December 19, 2022
Brazil Ex-Minister Dirceu Released from Prison by Supreme Court
In May 2016, José Dirceu was sentenced to 23 years in prison for corruption and money laundering crimes in relation...
May 3, 2017
Dirceu Arrested in Lava Jato Corruption Scheme in Brazil
Once President Lula’s main political advisor, and for many the most powerful man in Brazil’s government, Dirceu was arrested along...
August 3, 2015
Mensalão Convict Dirceu Begins Work Release Program: Daily
The ex-Chief of Staff, imprisoned for corruption and bribery, will be working at a lawyer's office by day before returning...
July 8, 2014
Imprisoned Mensaleiros Fundraise to Pay Fines
Supporters of high-ranking members of the Workers' Party (PT) condemned in the landmark mensalão trial have set up crowdfunding websites...
February 18, 2014
Mensalão Convict Genoino Under House Arrest in Brazil
Federal deputy José Genoino was discharged from the Institute of the Heart in Brasília on Sunday and is now under...
November 26, 2013
Mensalão Prison Sentences Start in Brazil
Nearly half of the 25 high-ranking politicians and businessmen convicted in Brazil's landmark mensalão trial started serving their prison sentences...
November 19, 2013
Prison for Mensalão Case Convicts: Daily
Despite delays and appeals by convicted figures in the mensalão corruption scandal, the Supremo Tribunal Federal's Joaquim Barbosa to enforce...
November 15, 2013