Peru's Justice-Human Rights Minister Vicente Zeballos on Thursday informed Lava Jato case prosecutors will arrive in Israel in the coming days to sign a collaboration agreement with Israeli businessman Josef Maiman.
Maiman is believed to have assisted
ex-President Alejandro Toledo in channeling bribes paid by corruption-tainted Odebrecht to secure a major infrastructure project in Peru.
Likewise, the cabinet member indicated a procedural strategy is currently being outlined for this case. Plus, it will follow the same lines as the
accord signed with Odebrecht in Brazil last week.
In this sense, it is possible to include more projects executed by Odebrecht in the collaboration agreement, depending on the findings of the Public Ministry.
On the other hand, Minister Zeballos said he hopes the National Justice Board will start functioning before July, as it is urgent to rely on an organization that replaces the former
National Council of the Magistracy (CNM). The CNM was in charge of appointing, as well as ratifying, judges and prosecutors in the Inca country.
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