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Petrobras graft bagman arrested in Portugal in new “Car Wash” crackdown
Raul Schmidt Felippe Junior, held as a partner of former Petrobras
Publicado em 21/03/2016 - 09:59 Por Paula Laboissière reports from Agência Brasil - Brasília
Federal Police launched stage 25 of its Operation Car Wash corruption investigation on Monday (Mar. 21), arresting Raul Schmidt Felippe Junior in Portugal. Targeted by Car Wash for a year now, Schmidt is held to be a partner of Petrobras's former director, Jorge Zelada, and a bagman in the Petrobras scandal, and was on the run.
According to the Federal Police press office, investigators at Federal Police and at the Federal Prosecutor's Office at Paraná (MPF-PR) accompanied Portugal authorities in the arrest and search and seizure operations at Schmidt's home in Lisbon.
Schmidt will remain in custody in Portugal awaiting a decision on his extradition to Brazil. “The evidence gathered today should support our Operation Car Wash efforts in Brazil,” Federal Police said in a statement.
Translated by Mayra Borges
Fonte: Petrobras graft bagman arrested in Portugal in new “Car Wash” crackdown
Edição: Denise Griesinger / Augusto Queiroz