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Former Odebrecht representative to provide supporting documents following standardization

Photo: EFE

16:52 | Curitiba (Brazil), Apr. 26.

Former Odebrecht representative in Peru Jorge Barata will deliver the documents supporting his testimonies once the Peruvian Judicial Branch has standardized the agreement signed between the Brazilian company and Peruvian Public Ministry, his attorney Carlos Kauffman affirmed Friday.

"We will wait for the standardization (of the agreement) in order to hand over the documents. We expect it to be standardized just like in Brazil," he told reporters.

According to Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group Coordinator Rafael Vela, Barata has promised to deliver over 4,000 pages from the servers used to register Odebrecht's illegal payments to Peruvian politicians and officials.

The Drousys and My Web Day servers —utilized by the Division of Structured Operations— contain information on bribe payment operations and the money's route, which will enable the identification of the final recipients.

To be considered fully legal, this accord must be approved by a judge. For that reason, the special team submitted it to the Judiciary's office in Lima on March 25.

Likewise, Kauffman indicated his client has answered all the questions truthfully, as demanded by the existing collaboration agreement.

Remarks were made on the final day of interrogations held in Curitiba (Brazil).

Collaboration agreement

In mid-February, Peru's Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group signed the long-awaited collaboration agreement with Odebrecht representatives and former employees in Brazil.

This deal is intended to procure evidence and testimonies for the investigation of corruption cases in the Andean nation.

As is known, the Brazilian construction giant admitted to having paid millions in bribes to government officials in Peru, in order to secure public-works contracts.

As a result, Odebrecht benefited from over US$143 million between 2005 and 2014 in Peru, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

In addition, four ex-Presidents have been linked to the Brazilian company such as: Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), Alan Garcia (2006-2011), Ollanta Humala (2011-2016), and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018).

Former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori —currently under preventive detention— also allegedly received money from Odebrecht for her 2011 campaign.

Odebrecht will pay S/610 million (around US$182 million) —plus interests that may arise— in civil reparations to the Peruvian State over a period of 15 years as part of this agreement.

(END) CCR/DTK/MVB

Publicado: 26/4/2019