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When Peru’s ex-president shot himself in the head as officers were waiting to arrest him, he was facing charges tied to Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company at the center of one of the biggest scandals to hit Latin America. (THREAD) #BriberyDivision hrld.us/2ILXgDY
Odebrecht isn’t a household name in the U.S., but it has a BIG footprint in South Florida. You name it: whether it’s AmericanAirlines Arena, FIU’s football stadium, MIA, PortMiami, even local highways, Odebrecht is behind it. #BriberyDivision
And it was from a posh perch in Miami that two Odebrecht executives labored in near anonymity, moving money through offshore shell companies to bank accounts in Switzerland and Panama. #BriberyDivision hrld.us/2IO5ifx
Thanks to a leak of secret company documents and file registries, a fuller story of Odebrecht’s corrupt practices — and Miami’s role — can finally be pieced together. #BriberyDivision hrld.us/2IPrkPm
Take, for example, the $69M in off-the-books payments that Odebrecht paid in connection to a contract to build a Metro line in Venezuela. #BriberyDivision
At least $66M went to an offshore company whose beneficiary is a Venezuelan man with properties and companies in Miami, records show. #BriberyDivision hrld.us/2IOgbyc
These discoveries were made in a fresh trove of leaked records from an Odebrecht division created for the explicit purpose of managing the company’s bribes. #BriberyDivision
The records were obtained by the Ecuadorean news organization @LaPosta_Ecu and shared with @ICIJorg and media partners across the Americas, including @McClatchy, the @MiamiHerald and @elNuevoHerald. #BriberyDivision
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