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Peru Prosecutor: Monteverde could be one of Odebrecht main money launderers

Photo. EFE

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15:26 | Curitiba (Brazil), Dec. 11.

Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group Coordinator Rafael Vela has affirmed that Peruvian businessman Gonzalo Monteverde Bussalleu "is allegedly one of the main money launderers linked to the Odebrecht company."

In remarks to the press —following the interrogation of Luiz Eduardo da Rocha Soares (former executive of the company's Division of Structured Operations)— the prosecutor said that all strategic planning was complied with.

Vela informed that "several questions have been asked and have been answered exhaustively by Mr. Da Rocha Soares."

"From the point of view of the specific knowledge on the operation of the so-called Box 2, which is the Division of Structured Operations, precise information was provided," he underlined.

The prosecutor recalled that some names were also mentioned, which are linked to Peruvian cases, "and we are satisfied with the development of the audiences, which have been highly productive."

The magistrate revealed there was also a set of questions that correspond to the alleged illicit payments channeled through the financing of political campaigns in Peru.

Hypothesis

"For the Public Ministry, always within its investigation hypothesis, Mr. Gonzalo Monteverde Bussalleu is allegedly one of the main money launderers linked to the Odebrecht company," the Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group Coordinator expressed.


According to Vela, the team members consider that all the statements and elements, which are being contributed, generate a significant progress in this investigation, confirming the hypothesis of Prosecutor Jose Domingo Perez's team.

The interrogations of ex-Odebrecht executives continue at Brazil's Parana State Attorney General's Office.


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Published: 12/11/2019