Thursday, July 16, 2015

Brazil opens corruption probe against ex-president Lula

Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian prosecutors announced Thursday a probe into alleged influence peddling by former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on behalf of scandal-ridden construction giant Odebrecht.

"There is an investigation into possible influence peddling by ex-president Lula with the leaders of other countries on behalf of the construction company Odebrecht," a spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office in the capital Brasilia said .... http://news.yahoo.com