received last week new documents from Odebrecht on illegal payments —worth almost US$59 million— to 71 "codinomes" (aliases) registered between January 2006 and May 2011.
According to El Comercio newspaper, the pages —of the Division of Structured Operations— registered money deliveries for 13 projects. The company had not admitted bribe payments for several of them.
In this sense, Odebrecht has admitted bribe payments for the following projects: Olmos Irrigation, Huanuco region's Tingo Maria-Aguaytia Highway, North IIRSA, Callao Port, North Interceptor, Marca I and Marca II (Marcapomacocha dam).
For Olmos Irrigation Project, the Brazilian company paid bribes to “Gorno,” “Gravata,” “Jurid,” “Terco,” “Con 1,” “Con 2,” “Extra,” “Silver Bullet,” and “Varios.”
For the South Interoceanic Highway, the registered payments were delivered to “Aguaytia,” “Alpaca,” “Brilhante,” “Camara L,” “Cd,” “Choque,” “Corrente,” “Crot,” “Espanha,” “Gesso,” “Holanda,” “Indiano,” “Marinheiro,” “Nervoso,” “Oriente,” “Plascenta,” “Sancho Pança,” “Seu Peru,” “Super,” and “Sipan.”
The bribes for the new container terminal of Callao Port were worth US$439,342 and sent to “Mente Brilhante” and “Externo.”
It should be noted the alias that received the highest amount of money is “Oriente,” as it received US$30.590 million between June 2006 and July 2010 for the South Interoceanic Highway Project.
Odebrecht
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.
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