Another Rio state ex-governor arrested
The Federal Police (PF), in coordination with the Federal Prosecution Service (MPF) and the Federal Revenue Service (RFB), launched Operation Calicut this morning (Nov. 17). It investigates embezzlement in connection with projects run by Rio de Janeiro state, with losses estimated at more than $58.51 million.
The investigators found strong evidence of cartels in large-scale, federally-funded projects, maintained through kickbacks to public officials, including former Rio de Janeiro state governor Sérgio Cabral, who served as state governor from 2007 to 2014. He was arrested at his Leblon home in Rio.
Operation Calicut stemmed from an existing investigation carried out under Operation Car Wash Rio state as a coordinate effort with the Car Wash task force in Paraná. The name “Calicut” is a reference to storms faced by Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral on his way to the Indies.
Police served 38 search orders, eight detentions of suspects, two temporary detention orders, and 14 bench arrests issued by a Federal Criminal Court in Rio de Janeiro, plus 14 search warrants, two detentions of suspects, and a temporary detention warrant issued by the lower federal court of Curitiba in charge of Operation Car Wash.
Another former Rio governor, Anthony Garotinho, was arrested Wednesday (Nov. 16) on charges of defrauding this year's mayoral election in Campos dos Goytacazes, where his wife Rosinha Garotinho is the incumbent mayor. He took over as Rio state governor in January 1999, but resigned in April 2002, before the end of his 4-year term.
Translated by Mayra Borges
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