A long series of criminal investigations have occurred in Brazil associated with Operation Car Wash. The first investigation was launched in March 2014, and is now known as phase 1 of the investigatio
Clockwise from top left: Headquarters of Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro; Emblem of the Federal Police of Brazil; Deltan Dallagnol with Rodrigo Janot; Odebrecht logo; Federal Police in an operation; Judge Sergio Moro
Alberto Youssef was a target of the initial investigation.
Nestor Cerveró [pt], ex-director of Petrobras, was arrested in the 8th phase.
João Vaccari Neto was arrested in phase twelve.
The law of Brazil is based on statutes and, more recently, on a mechanism called súmulas vinculantes. It derives mainly from the European civil law systems, particularly the Portuguese, the Napoleonic
Phases of Operation Car Wash
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Court of Justice in São Paulo
Court of Justice in Recife
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