2017News

Attorney General says Odebrecht details coming in June

Dominican prosecutor Rodríguez and Brazilian prosecutor Ferreira
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez reports meeting on Wednesday, 22 March 2017, with the adjunct prosecutor of the Office of Cooperation of Brazil, Carlos Bruno Ferreira da Silva, in the continuing of the Lava Jato-Odebrecht corruption scandal. Odebrecht has admitted to having paid US$92 million in bribes to Dominican officials.

A press release from the Attorney General’s Office indicates that Ferreira visited the country to give a talk and says that the Brazilian authorities will meet a June deadline to deliver the requested information that includes detailed confessions of the Odebrecht company officers.

Also participating in the meeting with Ferreira was Laura Guerrero, a special prosecutor focused on administrative corruption.