Corruption in Brazil exists on all levels of society from the top echelons of political power to the smallest municipalities. Operation Car Wash showed...

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countries. Corruption was cited among many issues that provoked the 2013 protests in Brazil. Embezzlement and corruption have influenced Brazilian elections...

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. It is the world's fifth-largest...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as assessed by...

The Brazilian Anti-Corruption Act (Portuguese: Lei anticorrupção), officially Law No. 12,846 of 1 August 2013 and commonly known as the Clean Company...

Operação Lava Jato, Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [opeɾɐˈsɐ̃w lavɐ ˈʒatu]) was a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil. Beginning in March 2014 as...

criminal gangs in Brazil, of Brazilian or foreign origin. Amigos dos Amigos (Friends of Friends) – operates in Rio de Janeiro. It began in 1998 when a member...

Corruption in India is an issue which affects economy of central, state, and local government agencies. Corruption is blamed for stunting the economy of...

Brazilian militias (Portuguese: Milícias), mainly in Rio de Janeiro, and some other cities of Brazil, are illegal mafia-like paramilitary groups made up...

Corruption is a significant issue in Ukrainian society going back to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. After declaring independence from the...

government corruption in Brazil and founder of the Brazilian Institute of Social Analysis and Economics (IBASE). In 1963, he became chief of staff in the Ministry...

the English term. Opportunism Gérson's law Corruption in Brazil Jugaad "Jeito". "Popular cinema in Brazil, 1930-2001", by Stephanie Dennison, Lisa Shaw...

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary, but...

Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers end up breaking their political contract and abusing their power for...

Corruption is perceived as a significant problem in Russia, impacting various aspects of life, including the economy, business, public administration...

2007 American documentary film directed by Jason Kohn about corruption and kidnapping in Brazil. Kohn has said "I really thought of Manda Bala as a non-fiction...

Corruption in Mexico has permeated several segments of society – political, economic, and social – and has greatly affected the country's legitimacy,...

Operação Lava Jato), into corruption at the state-owned oil company Petrobras. Otávio Azevedo, CEO of Andrade Gutierrez, Brazil's second largest construction...

Eduardo Cunha, president of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, is currently in prison awaiting prosecution for corruption. In one of the charges brought by...

prosecutes corruption in the public and private sectors. According to a Transparency International survey, an overwhelming majority of people in Singapore...

Corruption in Pakistan involves fraudulent practices carried out by officials and institutions. This can include a number of corruption practices, from...

Corruption in Switzerland describes the prevention and occurrence of corruption in Switzerland. Switzerland has a legal framework to combat corruption...

This glossary contains Brazilian terms related to criminal or corruption investigations, and supporting concepts from politics, the law, government, criminology...

Passive corruption, in Brazilian criminal law, is one of the crimes committed by public officials against the general administration. Corruption can be...

in Brazil. INAMPS scandal [pt] (1980s) – political and financial scandal that emerged in Brazil in the 1980s and involved allegations of corruption and...

was found guilty by the Brazilian Supreme Court of active corruption and conspiracy in two separate lawsuits. He participated in an armed revolutionary...

Corruption in the United States is the act of government officials abusing their political powers for private gain, typically through bribery or other...

Corruption in Argentina remains a serious problem. Argentina has long suffered from widespread and endemic corruption. Corruption remains a serious problem...