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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts) Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:44 PM Mar 2016

Prosecutors file charges against Brazil ex-leader Lula

Source: BBC

Brazilian prosecutors are filing charges against ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a money laundering probe, officials say.

The charges, which are related to a major corruption scandal at state oil company Petrobras, still have to be formally accepted by a judge.

Lula denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are politically motivated.

He is among 16 people who are formally being accused of money laundering by Sao Paulo prosecutors.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35770299urce

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Prosecutors file charges against Brazil ex-leader Lula (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 Mar 2016 OP

seize the proceeds of crime Angel Martin Mar 2016 #1

Greenwald was unavailable for comment... Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #2

Angel Martin

(942 posts)

1. seize the proceeds of crime

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Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:59 PM

Mar 2016

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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. Greenwald was unavailable for comment...

Reply to Bacchus4.0 (Original post)

Thu Mar 10, 2016, 03:17 PM

Mar 2016

It's hilarious to watch him actively ignore the biggest political scandal in Brazil in decades, like the lives of Brazilian citizens don't matter to him...

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