Odebrecht

…to bribes allegedly received from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company. Bendine was convicted of corruption and money laundering in 2018, and he was sentenced to 11 years in prison. In 2019, however, the country’s highest court overturned his conviction.

…the giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which was found to have paid bribes to officials in a number of countries in exchange for contracts and for turning a blind eye to deliberate cost overruns. The scandal had been especially prominent in Brazil, where it centered on that country’s huge majority-state-owned…

…the giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, which was found to have paid bribes to officials in a number of countries—most notably in South America—in exchange for contracts and for turning a blind eye to deliberate cost overruns (see Petrobras scandal). Kuczynski initially denied having had any involvement with Odebrecht, but…

…the giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. That massive scandal, related to bribes paid to politicians to gain lucrative government contracts for Odebrecht, extended its tentacles across Latin America. In Panama alone, at least $59 million was paid in bribes during Martinelli’s presidency. Martinelli himself was implicated but not charged in…