Lava Jato
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Corruption And The Lava Jato Scandal In Latin America
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Author : Paul F Lagunes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-05-28
Corruption And The Lava Jato Scandal In Latin America written by Paul F Lagunes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-28 with Political Science categories.
Corruption and the Lava Jato Scandal in Latin America brings together key international and interdisciplinary perspectives to shine new light on Lava Jato, or Operation Car Wash, Latin America’s largest corruption scandal to date. Since 2014, this scandal has unfolded in surprising ways to expose collusion between construction companies and state officials in Brazil and 11 other countries. The corruption uncovered amounts in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and billions of dollars in stolen state funds. The volume features evidence that the main construction company at the center of the scandal was—apparently—deliberate about seeking business in corrupt markets. It also evaluates the ambiguous role played by the media, whose members often relied uncritically on classified information released by the authorities. The volume further contributes to our understanding with studies on a number of other relevant topics, including: the overlap between corruption and the planning of the Rio Olympics; Mexico and Peru’s contrasting responses to Lava Jato; the policy reforms needed to avoid a similar scandal in the future; and the roadmap for how Lava Jato should end. Across 15 chapters by leading and emerging scholars and practitioners, this book engages with these issues from a balanced and unbiased perspective, including interviews with key stakeholders on both sides of the case. As one of the first book-length studies to deal with Lava Jato in the English language, this ground-breaking volume is a compelling reading for advanced students and researchers in areas including Corruption Studies, Public Ethics, Political Science, and Latin American Studies, as well as for practitioners working to make governments more accountable.
Media Leaks And Corruption In Brazil
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Author : Mads Bjelke Damgaard
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-07-06
Media Leaks And Corruption In Brazil written by Mads Bjelke Damgaard and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-06 with Political Science categories.
Analyzing the political consequences of the most extensive corruption investigation in recent Latin American history, Operação Lava-Jato, Media Leaks and Corruption in Brazil answers two central questions about the contradictory effects news media has on political systems. First, how can political actors in a seemingly well-functioning democracy quickly override checks and balances, and replace a head of state with a corrupt vice-president? Second, how can very active news media, while ostensibly performing the role of the watchdog, still fail to deliver media accountability to the public? Combining a quantitative view of the media sphere with case studies of the leaks, legal actions, and alliances forming and breaking in the Brazilian Congress, Mads Bjelke Damgaard demonstrates that the media’s attention to leaks and investigations of corruption paved the way for Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment. By timing the disclosure of information in scandals, actors with inside information were able to drive the media agenda and let some scandals escape from the limelight. The book delivers an in-depth study of how scandals become political weapons in a time of media personalities and post-politics. This book will interest scholars of Latin American Studies, and Brazil, and the broader fields of media studies, democracy studies, and journalism studies.
Macro Corruption And Institutional Co Optation
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Author : Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-06-20
Macro Corruption And Institutional Co Optation written by Eduardo Salcedo-Albarán and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-20 with categories.
The judicial case popularly known as "Lava Jato" is not just another scandal of corruption in which considerable public resources (billion of dollars) were unlawfully diverted and appropiated by poweful individuals. It is a systemic and transnational networks of corruption that co-opted outstanding Brazilian institutions in order to satisfy few powerful exclusive interests. Therefore, the "Lava Jato" is herein conceptualized as a network of macro-corruption and institutional co-optation; an intricate and perverse system planned and established by political parties and politicians, high ranking public officers and public entities, and private companies and business people to unlawfully divers and "lunder" large amounts of public resources in favor of powerful private interests. This book is a detailed analysis of the "Lava Jato" network, its structure and operative functioning. It also proposes societal reforms and innovative conceptual and methodological approaches that could contribute to effectively understand, prevent and confront complex networks of macro-corruption and institutional co-optation, as those being reproduced nowadays in many regions.
Geopolitics Of Intervention
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Author : Fernando Augusto Fernandes
language : en
Publisher: Tristão Editora
Release Date : 2023-08-01
Geopolitics Of Intervention written by Fernando Augusto Fernandes and has been published by Tristão Editora this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-01 with Political Science categories.
Lava Jato and the Crisis In this controversial and surprising book: Geopolitics of Intervention, lawyer and political scientist Fernando Augusto Fernandes dismantles the story that Operation Car Wash was (and still is) an unsuspected investigation to combat the crimes of corrupt politicians and prominent corrupt business people. Its primary purpose was to destabilize the PT government, hit the democratic system, destroy national engineering, weaken the oil and gas program, and facilitate the looting of national wealth. All to create the conditions needed for a right-wing liberal government, which ended up resulting in the election of an underdog and the most signifi cant political, economic, social, and health crisis ever experienced by the country.
Prosecutors Voters And The Criminalization Of Corruption In Latin America
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Author : Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-06
Prosecutors Voters And The Criminalization Of Corruption In Latin America written by Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-06 with Political Science categories.
Lava Jato, a transnational bribery case that started in Brazil and spread throughout Latin America, upended elections and collapsed governments. Why did the investigation gain momentum in some countries but not others? The book traces reforms that enhanced prosecutors' capacity to combat white-collar crime and shows that Lava Jato became a full-blown anti-corruption crusade where reforms were coupled with the creation of aggressive taskforces. For some, prosecutors' unconventional methods were necessary and justified. Others saw dangerous affronts to due process and democracy. Given these controversies, how did voters react to a once-in-a-generation attempt to clean politics? Can prosecutors trigger hope, conveying a message of possible regeneration? Or does aggressive prosecution erode the tacit consensus around the merits of anti-corruption? Prosecutors, Voters and The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America is a study of the impact of accountability through criminalization, one that dissects the drivers and dilemmas of resolute transparency efforts.
The Lava Jato Foundation
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Author : João Victor Freitas Ferreira
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Lava Jato Foundation written by João Victor Freitas Ferreira and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Operation Car Wash
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Author : Flvia Pacheco
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-06-14
Operation Car Wash written by Flvia Pacheco and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-14 with categories.
Operation Car Wash began in March 2014 and went on to become the largest operation against corruption in Brazil's history. It brought to light the fact that Petrobras, that at one point was the fifth most valuable company in the world, had been bled for many years at the hands of criminals. Since the scheme was funding politicians and parties, it is possible to say that this was not just a corruption scandal, but also a real attack on democracy, promoted by parties in power and in the opposition, both in the current government and the previous ones. At first glance, Brazil's Criminal Justice system seems to be undergoing a drastic change with Car Wash. A senator in office was arrested in precautionary custody. Dozens of business owners and executives at the highest levels were also taken into custody and continue being the targets of investigations and criminal proceedings. Finally, it appears that justice became effective for everyone. However, despite the evolution of anti-corruption promoted by Car Wash, the operation is target of severe criticism. Many believe it disrespects civil principles of criminal procedure, leaving fundamental rights in the background. The dubiousness of opinions in relation to the operation, coupled with the political scenario of struggle for power, resulted in Car Wash being politically appropriated by two different narratives. In one, it is propagated that the Workers' Party (PT) is responsible for the corruption in Brazil and that it would be enough to remove the party from power to resume the path of economic growth. In another, the operation is accused of being selective, directing investigations at crimes involving the Workers' Party (PT) as a way of taking over power through a coup and removing former president Lula from the political scenario. In this context, Lula was charged in the Operation. Paradoxically, the investigations may, however unwittingly, have favored him, who went on to articulate the facts in his favor and capitalize on popular support, sharply reducing his rejection levels, rising in the opinion polls and presenting himself as the strongest candidate for the presidency in 2018. The huge amount of detail in the midst of countless legal controversies generated a series of questions, for example: - Is there any legal reason why Car Wash is only investigating corruption during the government of the Workers' Party (PT)? - Could there be a connection between precautionary custody and plea bargains? - Although people say Dilma Roussef's impeachment was a coup, could it somehow have benefited the Worker's Party (PT)? - Was the bench warrant deposition of Lula legal? Was Judge Moro allowed to release the wiretap recordings of Lula? - Who is actually affected by the Supreme Court's (STF) decision that the sentence should be enforced after a conviction is upheld by a Court of Appeals? - Could Car Wash, even involuntarily, have contributed to former president Lula becoming favorite in polls for the presidential election of 2018? These and other questions will be answered here. To facilitate the understanding of the operation, each chapter corresponds to the respective stage of the police investigation and the main legal issues related to each stage will be presented in a simple and straightforward way, at the end of each chapter. In matters involving controversial discussions, legal arguments for and against them will be presented in an impartial, pluralistic and non-partisan manner, at least as far as possible in such a polarized country, so that readers can come to their own conclusions. It is not, therefore, a scientific study of each legal subject, since, due to the complexity of the issues, it would be contrary to the main objective of this book: to synthesize Operation Car Wash, clarifying its main legal controversies and contributing to everyone's informed views on the power struggles in the Brazilian democracy.
Prosecutors Voters And The Criminalization Of Corruption In Latin America
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Author : Ezequiel González Ocantos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Prosecutors Voters And The Criminalization Of Corruption In Latin America written by Ezequiel González Ocantos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Brazil categories.
"Lava Jato, a transnational bribery case that started in Brazil and spread throughout Latin America, upended elections and collapsed governments. Why did the investigation gain momentum in some countries but not others? The book traces reforms that enhanced prosecutors' capacity to combat white-collar crime and shows that Lava Jato became a full-blown anti-corruption crusade where reforms were coupled with the creation of aggressive taskforces. For some, prosecutors' unconventional methods were necessary and justified. Others saw dangerous affronts to due process and democracy. Given these controversies, how did voters react to a once-in-a-generation attempt to clean politics? Can prosecutors trigger hope, conveying a message of possible regeneration? Or does aggressive prosecution erode the tacit consensus around the merits of anti-corruption? Prosecutors, Voters and The Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America is a study of the impact of accountability through criminalization, one that dissects the drivers and dilemmas of resolute transparency efforts"--
The Mechanism
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Author : Vladimir Netto
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-05-02
The Mechanism written by Vladimir Netto and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-02 with True Crime categories.
INTRODUCTION BY MISHA GLENNY, author of McMafia A gripping narrative of power, corruption and greed, The Mechanism is the true story of how a simple investigation into money laundering uncovered the biggest corruption scandal in human history. When a small team of investigators discovered that a black market currency dealer was operating out of a Brazilian petrol station, they could never have imagined that their work would destroy the government and lead to the impeachment of two presidents. As the trail leads further and further into the centre of power, the search for the truth and pursuit of justice become ever more crucial. Taut and riveting, with more plot twists than the most compelling political thriller, The Mechanism is an essential work of non-fiction that exposes the rottenness caused when politicians and big businesses believe they are above the law.
Brazilian Politics On Trial
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Author : LUCIANO. DA ROS
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-02-20
Brazilian Politics On Trial written by LUCIANO. DA ROS and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-20 with categories.