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11 countries now coordinating Odebrecht investigation UPDATED

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal and Venezuela:

Brazil, 10 Other Countries Coordinate Odebrecht Probes. Combined task force will also cooperate with investigation centered on Petrobras contracts

The new task force will also cooperate with the so-called Operation Car Wash investigation of bid-rigging and bribery by Odebrecht and other construction companies for contracts with Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras.

The task force will work “on the recovery of assets and full compensation for damages caused by illicit activities, including the payment of fines, according to the legislation of each country,” prosecutors said in a statement. The accord was announced by the press department of Brazil’s attorney general, Rodrigo Janot.

As for Alejandro Toledo, Peru is in the process of filing an actual extradition request.

UPDATE

“Ecuador prosecutor reject Odebrecht information from Parana Public Minist’y because they lack Portuguese translators”

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Peru: Where in the world is Alejandro Toledo?

Apparently former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo was trying to get to Israel, which does’t want him. He was flying from San Francisco, since he’s a visiting professor at Stanford University.

Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has urged his US counterpart Donald Trump to consider deporting fugitive ex-Peruvian leader Alejandro Toledo.

The US has said that it is unable to arrest the ex-leader until further information on the case against him has been shared, Peruvian officials say.

Rick Moran has more details,

What makes this case unusual is that the U.S. denied what amounts to a routine request from Peru. This is especially true with no explanation forthcoming from the Departments of State or Justice.

While it’s true there was no warrant or request for extradition, the U.S. would have normally held Toledo as a courtesy to the Peruvian government.

Unless there’s a deal in the works where Toledo would provide information. Let’s not forget Odebrecht has already lost a lawsuit in the U.S.

Toledo asserts that he’s not a fugitive,

“Tell me where in the world is Alejandro Toledo”

Toledo apparently remains in the San Francisco area as of the writing of this post.

However, if he’s actively trying to leave the U.S., the likelihood of deportation to Peru must be a lot closer than we’re being led to believe.

And,
Has Peru filed a formal extradition request?

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Colombia & Peru: Presidents and Odebrecht

 

Santos on the left, Toledo center, two other men

Andrea Zarate reports on how the Odebrecht Corruption Scandal Ensnares Leaders of Peru and Colombia, specifically Toledo of Peru,

Peruvian prosecutors accused the former president, Alejandro Toledo, of accepting $20 million in bribes from the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht in exchange for infrastructure contracts, including the rights to build a highway connecting Peru to Brazil.

and recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Santos of Colombia,

In Colombia, prosecutors said Tuesday that President Juan Manuel Santos’s re-election campaign in 2014 might have received about $1 million from Odebrecht, according to The Associated Press. The country’s top prosecutor, Nelson Martinez, said the donations had come through a third party working on behalf of the company, The A.P. reported. Mr. Santos did not comment.

As you may recall, Odebrecht allegedly had a department in charge of bribing officials around the world.  It appears they were very thorough.

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