List of scandals in Brazil explained
This is a list of scandals in Brazil.
Before 1950
- (1770) An indigenous revolt in Roraima. So many soldiers and native people were killed, their blood tinted the waters of the Branco River.
1960s
Historians believe that construction of the planned capital city of Brasilia was systematically overpriced when built in the early 1960s under Juscelino Kubitschek presidency.
Military era (1964-1985)
See also: Military dictatorship in Brazil.
Little to no evidence of corruption was made public during the military dictatorship era (1964–1985). Recently, however, several cases have become increasingly public knowledge and have been reviewed in books including the journalist Elio Gaspari's series of historical analyses and in the news. Cases ranged from smuggling whiskey and luxury clothes to outright extortion of companies by military-appointed governors (e.g., in Paraná), who illegally favored their companies in contractor licensing (e.g. Antonio Carlos Magalhães and Magnesita) and used public money to save their own companies from bankruptcy (e.g., Paulo Maluf and his wife in the). British documents pointed out a number of other cases which were suppressed in the 1970s referring to overpriced purchase of UK equipment for construction of ships in Brazil.
1980s
- (1980s) – political and financial scandal that emerged in Brazil in the 1980s and involved allegations of corruption and embezzlement at the National Institute of Social Security for Civil Servants (INAMPS).
- El Maracanazo (1989) – a faked injury at a football match between Brazil and Chile which resulted in Chile being banned from the 1994 World Cup
1990s
- Impeachment of Fernando Collor (1992) - President Fernando Collor de Mello was first president of Latin America to face an actual impeachment process.
- Carandiru scandal (1992) - 111 prisoners dead at Carandiru prison, when military police invaded the penitentiary following a prison riot.[1]
- (1993) - 100 million reais kickback scheme.
- (1996) – a foreign exchange scandal involving a bank in New York
- (1998) - forged documents intended to falsely "prove" that PSDB politicians running in the 1998 election were evading taxes.[2]
- (late 1990s) – illegal wire tapping and corruption at the Brazilian National Development Bank, leading to arrests and criminal charges against several high-profile political figures and government officials
- (late 1990s) – large bribes to politicians and government officials in exchange for favorable treatment and contracts in multiple countries
- (1999) – an insider-information bankruptcy scandal related to the devaluation of Brazilian currency announced by the government
- Paulo Maluf (1990s) – Notable examples of the allegations of corruption that surfaced around Paulo Maluf's tenure as mayor of São Paulo were the Avenida Água Espraiada (now), and the,[3] which passes underneath Ibirapuera Park and cost more, per kilometer, than the Channel Tunnel (it is alleged that the tunnel cost over US$400 million more than it should)."
- Illegal diamond mining (1999-2004) – armed miners trespassing on the territory of the Cinta Larga indigenous group and conducting illegal mining operations
2000s
- (2000–2002) – a corruption and money laundering scheme during the 2000s that involved the director of the state-owned electric utility in Rio de Janeiro giving illegal campaign funds to politicians, magistrates and businessmen in the 2002 election.
- Odebrecht Case (2001–) international bribery case by a Brazilian construction company which was also embroiled in the Car Wash scandal. Forced the president of Peru to resign[4] [5]
- (2002) – murder of PT member Celso Daniel and coverup involving buying the silence of witnesses
- (2002) – a political corruption scandal in the 1990s in RJ state government of Anthony Garotinho, involving allegations of widespread bribery and corruption in the Brazilian government and public sector
- BANCOOP case (2002, 2004) - Allegations of money-laundering, invoice padding, Workers'Party slush fund.[6]
- (2003) - Also known as "scandal of locusts" and "grasshopper scandal"; embezzlement that caused the resignation of former governor Neudo Ribeiro Campos from the federal Chamber of Deputies.[7]
- (2004)
- (2005) - bid-rigging at Correios.[8]
- Mensalão scandal (2005) – parliamentary vote-buying scandal by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration[9]
- (2005) – illegal monthly payments by the Brazilian Insurance and Reinsurance Institute (IRB) to Brazilian federal deputy in exchange for political favors
- Whistle scandal (2005) - Betting on rigged football matches.[10]
- (2005) - Mayor of Rio Largo José Rafael Torres Barros and employees of nine other Alagoas municipalities skimmed 150 million reis from school lunch funds[11] [12]
- (2006) – financial scandal involving a gang embezzling public money intended for the purchase of ambulances. Known in Portuguese as the Portuguese: Escândalo dos sanguessugas (scandal of the bloodsucking leeches)
- Vampires scandal (2006) – overcharging for blood supplies
- (2006) – corruption in the Ministry of Health during the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government, involving the PT electoral campaign arranging to buy a dossier that would implicate the PSDB candidate for governor of São Paulo, José Serra
- (2007) -Alagoas senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL) implicated in taking money from lobbyists.
- Paulo Maluf (March 9, 2007) - Manhattan's District Attorney office issued an [13] indictment against Maluf for money laundering in a kickback and inflated invoice scheme that allegedly stole $11.6m from a Brazilian road contract project totaling $140 million. From November 1997 to May 1999 the money passed through an account at Safra National Bank of New York secretly controlled by Maluf. A New York judge on April 25, 2012, dismissed a petition to toss the indictment.[14] The same judge also refused to lift their March 2010 Red notice at Interpol.[15]
- (2009) – Every parliamentarian in the National Congress has an air travel budget to return to their constituencies. Some of them used the benefit to trips abroad or trips of friends and relatives.[16]
2010s
- BTG Pactual (2012) - penalties for André Esteves' insider trading "force[d] the bank to amend its prospectus, give investors the option to reconsidering bids for BTG shares, and put a cloud over one of this year's highest-profile bank deals."[17]
- (2012) - Joint parliamentary inquiry into politicians and organized crime involved in illegal gambling. Allegedly shut down when Workers' Party money-laundering scheme was uncovered.[18] [19] [20] [21]
- Petrobras refinery purchase in Pasadena (2014) - $1.2 billion purchase of an oil refinery in Pasadena, Texas resulting in $580 million loss for Petrobras. Judge Vital do Rego found indications of "intentional mismanagement to cover up irregularities."[22] [23] and Odebrecht took over work on the Pasadena refinery, which cost between US$ 1 and 2 billion.[24]
- Sabesp (2014) - allegations of failures in the São Paulo's water supply irregularities in the contract between Sabesp and the City of São Paulo.[25]
- Mariana dam disaster (2015) – catastrophic failure of a dam at an iron ore mine on the Doce River in Minas Gerais that released 43.7 million cubic metres of mine tailings into the River, flooding two villages, killing 19 people, and causing a toxic mudflow which created a humanitarian crisis in cities along the river, and reached the Atlantic.
- (2016) - Marcela Temer, First Lady of Brazil, blackmailed after her phone was cloned.[26] [27]
- Porto Maravilha - Trump Olympic Real estate deal in Rio de Janeiro[28]
- (2016) - bid fraud involving contracts for vehicle leasing in several Paraiba municipalities[29]
- (2016) - Embezzlement, bid fraud and corruption in Minas Gerais, including 1 billion reais from emergency relief funds intended for Governador Valadares.
- Port Inquiry (2018) - bribery scandal involving Michel Temer and contracts at the Port of Santos.[30]
- 2018: Petrobras oil trader bribery:[31]
- Operation Car Wash (2014 – 2022) a criminal investigation originally involving money-laundering at the state-owned oil company Petrobras and bribery of government officials, including politicians, senators, governors, and businessmen, which expanded to numerous other companies (notably Odebrecht) and a dozen foreign countries. Considered the largest corruption investigation in the country's history.[32]
- offshore drilling tenders from Petrobras. Bid-rigging and massive losses for investors, including several pension funds, offshore account for .[34]
- 2016 Summer Olympics ticket scandal (2016) – attempted illegal resale of hundreds of tickets for the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Rio Olympics (2017) - Sergio Cabral and others in a bribery scandal centered on choosing Rio de Janeiro as an Olympic venue.[35]
- Lochtegate (2016) – scandal involving U.S. Olympic swim team members who falsely reported a crime while at the Rio Olympics in 2016
- Panama Papers (2016) – published leaked documents that revealed thousands of companies participating in tax fraud and evasion
- Paradise Papers (2017) – leaked documents relating to offshore investments implicating people in dozens of countries
- Fernando Collor de Mello (August 2017) Collor was accused by Brazil's Supreme Federal Court of receiving around US$9 million in bribes between 2010 and 2014 from Petrobras subsidiary BR Distributor.
- JBS S.A. (2017) – "...during its rapid rise to become the world’s biggest meatpacker, JBS and its network of subsidiaries have been linked to allegations of high-level corruption, modern-day “slave labour” practices, illegal deforestation, animal welfare violations and major hygiene breaches."[36] [37]
- Operation Weak Meat - US FDA uncovers bribery of Brazilian meat inspectors [38] [39]
- Moro x Bolsonaro Case (2019) – statements made by former minister Sérgio Moro about President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged attempt to interfere in investigations related to his family members and the Federal Police
- Brumadinho dam disaster (2019) - 270 people died after a catastrophic failure. Public Prosecutor's Office complaint pointed to a collusion between owner Vale and certification company Tüv Süd led to the issuance of false declarations of dam stability. Sixteen employees and the two companies were formally charged by 270 homicides and environmental crimes.
- Amazon clandestine aerodromes (2019) - to provide transport to far communities, pilots prepare false flight plans, as most aerodromes that serve indigenous communities in the Amazon are unregistered because they do not meet safety standards.[40]
- Medical equipment over billing[41]
- Bolsonaro son money-laundering:[42]
2020s
- Covaxgate (2021) – irregularities in the purchase of 20 million doses of the Indian vaccine Covaxin by the Brazilian Ministry of Health[43] [44]
- Police brutality in Portuguese: [[favelas]] (2022) -"According to a study conducted by Fluminense Federal University researchers, 182 people have been killed in at least 40 separate police operations in Rio de Janeiro alone between May 2021 and May 2022."[45] [46]
- Honeywell bribing Petrobras - United States Securities and Exchange Commission found that in 2010 Honeywell paid at least $4 million in bribes to a Petrobras official[47] [48]
- Lojas Americanas (2023) – "20 billion reais ($3.9 billion) in accounting “inconsistencies” at Americanas"[49] [50]
- Yanomami humanitarian crisis - the Federal public prosecutor's office denounced the government's failure to act against armed gangs of illegal miners during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro as having precipitated the Yanomami humanitarian crisis which resulted in mass deaths, famine, and forced displacements.
- Bolsonaro jewelry scandal: Staff of Bolsonaro cabinet member accused of trying to smuggle jewelry worth US$ 3.2 million, a gift from the Saudi government, into Brazil without declaring it.[51] [52]
- Wolf of Wall Street[53]
- Soccer match-fixing scandal: [54] [55]
- 2022 Brazilian attempted coup plot – members of the Bolsonaro government and of the Brazilian armed forces tried to block the transition of power to newly elected president Lula da Silva, and arrest members of the judiciary.[56]
See also
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Notes and References
- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/04/carandiru-and-scandal-brazil-s-medieval-prison-system/ Carandiru and the scandal of Brazil’s medieval prison system
- url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/1013558-justica-condena-pastor-por-dossie-contra-psdb-em-98.shtml Justiça condena pastor por dossiê contra PSDB em 98
- Web site: Prefeitura de São Paulo recebe R$ 34,9 milhões desviados por Maluf. Agência Brasil. São Paulo City Hall receives R$ 34.9 million embezzled by Maluf. 6 February 2020.
- https://www.upperamazon.org/news/fz8vmhz9ytujotmqksrxoex5rljfcv-mnsk7 Peru’s Interoceanic: the Most Corrupt Highway in the World
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/world/americas/peru-colombia-venezuela-brazil-odebrecht-scandal.amp.html Corruption Scandals With Brazilian Roots Cascade Across Latin America
- News: Diniz . Laura . Justiça aceita denúncia contra João Vaccari Neto . 27 August 2015 . Veja.com . 2010-10-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150404043154/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/brasil/caso-bancoop-vaccari-neto-e-reu/ . 4 April 2015 .
- Web site: Resumo das Operações . Dpf.gov.br . Departamento de Polícia Federal . DPF 2003/2004 . 8 July 2008.
- Web site: Jairo Martins: espião ou "jornalista investigativo"?. Jairo Martins: Spy or "investigative journalist"?. 24 May 2012.
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jul/11/brazil Brazil in crisis over corruption claims: Allegations of payments to allies sour achievements of leftwing government and threaten future of President Lula
- Web site: Corrupção no Futebol - Veja a cronologia do escândalo da arbitragem. June 22, 2016.
- "Gabiru: MPF obtains condemnation of mayors who diverted resources from school lunches", Agreste Tribune, November 29, 2012. Accessed on June 15, 2015
- https://www.alagoas24horas.com.br/760658/operacao-gabiru-trf-aceita-denuncia-contra-prefeitos/ Operação Gabiru: TRF aceita denúncia contra prefeitos
- https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/americas/09indict.html?em&ex=1173589200&en=0097af41dc0be82b&ei=5087%0A www.nytimes.com
- Karen Freifeld (Reuters), "New York judge refuses to dismiss Brazilian kickback case".Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2012, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-maluf-nychargesbre83o1is-20120425,0,6793939.story. Retrieved April 29, 2012
- Maluf's red notice is available on http://www.interpol.int/Wanted-Persons/(wanted_id)/2009-13608 . Accessed July 28, 2012
- Web site: Comissão da Câmara vai investigar cota de passagens áereas. Chamber of Deputies committee will investigate airline ticket quota. O Estado de S.Paulo. https://web.archive.org/web/20091113060032/http://www.estadao.com.br/nacional/not_nac356651,0.htm. 2009-11-13.
- Web site: Insider trading fine casts cloud over BTG Pactual IPO. Silvia Aloisi, Steve Slater. 16 April 2012. Reuters. 10 January 2015.
- Web site: Delcídio confirma: governo enterrou CPI que ele mesmo criou para aniquilar oposição. VEJA. 16 March 2016. Reinaldo Azevedo. 15 March 2016. pt.
- Web site: Delcídio: governistas deram fim a CPI do Cachoeira quando perceberam 'risco'. . 16 March 2016. Juliana Castro. 15 March 2016.
- Web site: Governo atuou para pôr fim à CPI do Cachoeira, diz Delcídio. VEJA. 16 March 2016. 15 March 2016. pt.
- Web site: Delcídio: governistas deram fim à CPI do Cachoeira quando perceberam 'risco'. Juliana Castro. 16 March 2016. 15 March 2016. pt.
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-petrobras-idUSBREA2O1XL20140325 Brazil president under fire for Petrobras Texas refinery deal
- https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/pasadena/news/article/Assets-of-ex-Brazilian-president-frozen-over-12297580.php Assets of ex-Brazilian president frozen over Pasadena refinery deal
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- Web site: Câmara aprova CPI para investigar se Sabesp cumpre contrato em SP. 6 August 2014 . G1.
- Web site: Hacker que clonou celular de Marcela Temer é condenado a 5 anos de prisão. 2016-10-26. 2022-10-13. pt-br. Hacker who cloned Marcela Temer's cell phone sentenced to give years in prison. G1 São Paulo. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013013918/https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2016/10/hacker-que-clonou-celular-de-marcela-temer-e-condenado-5-anos-de-prisao.html. 2022-10-13.
- Web site: Hacker condenado por chantagear primeira-dama disse ter áudio que jogaria nome de Temer 'na lama'. Hacker convicted of blackmailing the first lady said he had audio that would throw Temer's name 'in the mud'. 2017-02-11. 2022-10-13. Jornal Hoje. pt-br. https://web.archive.org/web/20221013012451/https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/hacker-condenado-por-chantagear-primeira-dama-disse-ter-audio-que-jogaria-nome-de-temer-na-lama.ghtml. 2022-10-13.
- News: 2016-10-28 . Brazil prosecutor says Trump franchise may have benefited from corruption . en . Reuters . 2023-07-05.
- Web site: Mãe do deputado Hugo Motta é presa pela PF. Avó, prefeita de Patos-PB, é afastada . Brasil 247. 9 September 2016.
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- https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/brazils-corruption-fallout Brazil’s Corruption Fallout: Federal investigators in Brazil have uncovered corruption at the highest levels of the government and in the country’s largest corporations
- Web site: PF já apreendeu R$ 2 milhões na Operação Patmos . PF has already seized BRL 2 million in Operation Patmos. Isto É . 18 May 2017 . 18 May 2017.
- Web site: Lava Jato descobre que a estatal Sete Brasil foi criada para ajudar na corrupção. Globo.com. Época. Alana Rizo.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-48881867.amp Rio Olympics: Ex-governor says he paid $2m bribe
- https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2019-07-02/jbs-brazilian-butchers-took-over-the-world JBS: The Brazilian butchers who took over the world
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-15/brazil-s-batista-brothers-are-out-of-jail-and-worth-6-billion Brazil’s Batista Brothers Are Out of Jail And Worth $6 Billion
- https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/03/brazilian-tainted-meat-scandal-resurfaces/#more-148753 More fraud in Brazil food industry; labs falsified pathogen tests
- https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/11/u-s-audit-finds-food-safety-problems-continue-for-brazils-meat/#more-145775 U.S. audit finds food safety problems continue for Brazil’s meat
- https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47585703.amp A scandal in the Amazon - where pilots are forced to lie
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-healthcare-exclusiv/exclusive-fbi-targets-johnson-johnson-siemens-ge-philips-in-brazil-graft-case-sources-idUSKCN1SN0ZZ Exclusive: FBI targets Johnson & Johnson, Siemens, GE, Philips in Brazil graft case - sources
- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKBN1YO1VI Brazil's Bolsonaro defends son against deepening graft probe
- https://www.cnn/2021/07/21/americas/bolsonaro-scandals-health-scare-intl/index.html Brazil's scandal-plagued President may face a reckoning as lawmakers consider impeachment
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- 2021-05-08 . A Deadly Police Raid in Rio Show How Bolsonaro's Policies Are Wreaking Havoc in Brazil . 2023-08-03 . Time . en.
- Web site: SEC.gov SEC Charges Honeywell with Bribery Schemes in Algeria and Brazil . 2023-08-03 . www.sec.gov.
- Web site: Digging into Honeywell UOP's Bribery Schemes in Brazil and Algeria (Part II of III) . 2023-08-03 . JD Supra . en.
- https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/americanas-scandal-pits-brazil-s-billionaires-against-each-other-1.1871214.amp.html Americanas Scandal Pits Brazil’s Billionaires Against Each Other
- News: Harris . Bryan . How the $3.9bn Americanas scandal has shaken corporate Brazil . 9 July 2023 . . 5 February 2023.
- http://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/3/7/brazil-orders-police-probe-into-bolsonaro-jewellery-scandal Brazil orders police probe into Bolsonaro jewellery scandal: A news outlet reported that jewels worth more than $3m were discovered in the backpack of a former aide in October 2021
- https://www.npr.org/2023/03/09/1162120329/a-scandal-in-brazil-involves-an-ex-president-jewels-and-the-saudi-government A scandal in Brazil involves an ex-president, jewels and the Saudi government
- News: 2023-03-07 . Brazilian police bust 'Wolf of Wall Street' crime ring in Lisbon . en . Reuters . 2023-07-05.
- Web site: 2023-05-16 . Brazil's soccer match-fixing scandal has international reach, investigator says . 2023-08-03 . AP News . en.
- News: Pooler . Michael . 2023-06-08 . Betting scandal deals blow to Brazilian football's development . Financial Times . 2023-07-05.
- News: Nicas . Jack . 8 February 2024 . Bolsonaro and Allies Planned a Coup, Brazil Police Say . . 9 February 2024.