Brazil's Petrobras scandal
1,571 views · Published 10 May 2017 · 2:09 · Indexed 17 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · News & Politics
Brazil's former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was due in court Wednesday for a corruption trial that could end his storied career. Lula, 71, is accused of receiving a seaside apartment as a bribe in a much wider corruption scheme investigated by the so-called "Car Wash" probe upending Brazilian politics.Videographic explaining the Petrobas scandal, which sparked the launch of the major inquiry known Operation Car Wash.VIDEOGRAPHIC
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