Sunday, April 13

Brazil makes corruption arrests

Brazilian authorities have arrested 16 mayors and a judge for their alleged role in a major corruption scheme.

The country's federal police claim more than $100m of public money was diverted in a complex plot to defraud Brazil's social security agency. More than 50 people were arrested after an eight-month investigation.

These include the mayors of 16 cities, as well as nine lawyers and a federal judge accused of selling the decisions that made the scam possible. The mayors are mainly from the state of Minas Gerais, north of Sao Paulo.

And when the police will knock Lula’s door? Or is the president innocent?

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