Who are the main defendants? In addition to Youssef and Costa, currently still behind bars 13 of the 21 people arrested on 14 November, another key date in the case. Among them are some of the main builders entrepreneurs in the country, leaders of a 'club' select 16 contractors that (according to testimony from informers awarded) contracts for oil were distributed and agreed to the percentages of bribes. The participating companies have contracts with Petrobras worth 59.000 billion reals ($ 23.000 billion). They are accompanied in prison former international director Nestor Cervero Petrobras, arrested on 13 January. Justice has so far formally prosecuted 39 people for money laundering, corruption and forming a criminal organization in Operation Lava Jato. The Prosecutor has initiated total 279 procedures, investigations involving 150 individuals and 232 companies. In the last year they have been issued 64 orders prison sentence. How much money was diverted? The prosecution estimated that the total amount …show more content…
The media harassment against her and former President Lula during the campaign was relentless October, and was the case of tipping the balance in favor of his rival, Aécino Neves (PSDB) nearby. It is considered certain that the long wake of 'Petrolao' and prosecution of the accused unfailingly ballasted all or part of the second term of Rousseff. Four companies (UTC, Mendes Junior, Engevix and Galvao Engenharia) have already blamed his writings defense in the government and the president decrear own and use that alleged 'club' from Petrobras for the purchase of political