Region: Brazil

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Brazil

A Brazilian court has ruled that a new law regulating the reach of Brazil’s legal watchdog doesn't protect lawyers from prosecution for their roles in bribery schemes.

06 July 2022

The Inter-American Development Bank debarred Construcap CCPS Engenharia e Comércio (Construcap) for 18 months for paying $1 million in bribes related to a road construction project.

06 July 2022

22 June 2022

Featured in Investigator's Guide to Brazil

Brazillian prosecutors are moving away from large-scale corruption investigations to smaller and more focused task forces, a Brazilian lawyer told audience members at GIR Live: Women in Investigations on Thursday.

16 June 2022

In the latest Counsel Watch, a round-up of the lawyers acting for Glencore in the US, the UK, Brazil, Switzerland and the Netherlands in corruption investigations that have so far led to criminal resolutions in three continents.

13 June 2022

31 May 2022

The Swiss commodities trader admitted paying bribes throughout Africa and South America in resolutions with four agencies in the US, UK and Brazil. Corruption probes in Switzerland and the Netherlands, however, continue.

25 May 2022

The sons of former Panama president Ricardo Martinelli will also pay a fine of $250,000 each for their role in Latin America’s highest profile bribery scheme.

23 May 2022

The US securities regulator has accused Vale of making false statements in its ESG disclosures in connection with one of the deadliest environmental disasters in Brazil’s history.

28 April 2022

Stericycle will pay at least $84 million to resolve US and Brazilian investigations into an international bribery scheme in Latin America.

20 April 2022