An investigative report published in El Día newspaper on 19 April 2017 points to the strong support Brazilian funding for Odebrecht public works had in the Chamber of Deputies from 2000 to 2015.
The Brazilian construction company has admitted to a New York Court that it has paid US$92 million in bribes to facilitate the securing of the contract work that was financed by the Brazilian export bank, BNDES loans from 2001 to 2014.
The investigative report says that the Brazilian loan bills were not subject to the usual “reading” procedure or to analysis by commission and instead were fast-tracked through the Chamber of Deputies. The report also establishes how amendments to the contracts were fast-tracked through the Chamber of Deputies.
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El Dia
19 April 2017
