24 November 2012

BRASIL : Another Corruption Scandal...Emerges; 6 Officials Including Lula Aide...Arrested.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/24/us-brazil-corruption-idUSBRE8AN0BH20121124

     Federal police arrested 6 people in Brasilia and Sao Paulo..for allegedly selling government approvals for bribes.
    The most prominent person arrested is Rosemary de Noronha (top foto)...the former personal secretary of ex-president Lula da Silva (below foto).
    But Brasil's deputy attorney general was also detained.
    President Rousseff fired all the suspects.
    An investigation has been underway since 2010.