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Operação Lava Jato (English: Operation Car Wash) is an investigation being carried out by the Federal Police of Brazil, Curitiba Branch since March 17, 2014. Initially a money laundering investigation, it has expanded to cover allegations of corruption at the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, where it is alleged that executives accepted bribes in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices. This criminal "system" is known as "Petrolão". The operation has included the enforcement of more than a hundred warrants for search and seizure, temporary and preventive detention and coercive measures, with the aim of ascertaining a money laundering scheme suspected of moving more than 10 Billion Brazilian Reais (approx. USD 3.5 Billion @ 2.84 BRL / 1 USD, as of March 2, 2015). == Synopsis == The operation was coined as such due to the use of a currency exchange and money transfer service at the Posto da Torre (Tower Gas Station) in Brasilia by the accused ring to move the money acquired by illicit means. The initial accusation came from the businessman Hermes Magnus, in 2008, when the accused group attempted to launder money through his company (Dunel Indústria e Comércio), a manufacturer of electronic components. Investigative measures were taken following the initial accusations, which culminated in the identification of four large criminal rings, headed by Carlos Habib Chater, Alberto Youssef, Nelma Mitsue Penasso Kodama and Raul Henrique Srour. As the investigation went on, it was discovered that the "doleiro" (black market dealer) Alberto Youssef had acquired a Land Rover Evoque for Paulo Roberto Costa, ex-director of Petrobras. Initial evidence was gathered pointing to improper payments made by companies that won RNEST (Abreu & Lima Refinery) contracts to Alberto Youssef. == Main Informants == Costa and Youssef entered a plea bargain deal with prosecutors and the scope of the investigation was subsequently widened to nine major Brazilian construction firms—Camargo Correa, OAS, UTC, Odebrecht, Mendes Junior, Engevix, Queiroz Galvao, Iesa and Galvao Engenharia—as well as politicians involved with Petrobras. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who had chaired the board of Petrobras from 2003 to 2010, denied knowledge of any wrongdoing. The Brazilian Supreme Court authorized the investigation of 48 current and former legislators in March 2015.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operação Lava Jato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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