David Fleischer: the good American informer (who else would do that?) - corruption

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Odebrecht -- In reaction to the lengthy report by the US Dept. of Justice on the “activities” of Odebrecht regarding BNDES loans/contracts in Latin America, several nations have now banned Odebrecht from bidding on any new contracts in their countries ➔ Peru, Ecuador and Panama.

    The list of bribes paid by Odebrecht is as follows (in US$ millions):

        Angola:      50         Brasil :    599  

        Argentina:  35        Colombia:     11

        Ecuador:    33.5     Dominican Repb.:    92

        Panama:   59        Guatemala:   18

        Peru :     29          Mozambique:     0.9

        Mexico :   10.5        Venezuela:  98

      PERU ➔ On 5th January, Odebrecht Peru signed a “Term of Cooperation” with the Peruvian federal prosecutors in support of the ongoing investigations.  Odebrecht agreed to offer a “guarantee” of 30 million Soles (R$ 28 million = US$ 9 million) in order to be allowed to operate in Peru.  This is not part of an eventual fine still under deliberation in Peru.  
 
Petrobras has requested that Brazilian courts block/freeze/confiscate R$12.5 billion held by firms and individuals involved in the corruption/bribe scheme that nearly destroyed Brazil’s large Petrol state enterprise – awaiting final court decisions that would return these funds to Petrobras.  Reportedly, R$ 1.35 billion have already been returned to Petrobras.