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Peru: Standardization of Odebrecht collaboration agreement guarantees further information

13:14 | Lima, Jun. 19.

Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group Coordinator Rafael Vela on Wednesday affirmed the standardization of the collaboration agreement with Odebrecht will secure the information provided to Peru's Justice and guarantee that the Brazilian company continues collaborating with the Prosecutor's Office.

Within this framework, Vela recalled Odebrecht has provided plenty of documentary and testimonial information about the bribes the foreign corporation had paid to Peruvian politicians and public officials in order to win the bidding processes of infrastructure projects over the last 15 years.

Likewise, he indicated the data have been used in the development of the team's investigation on corruption cases.

Furthermore, the prosecutor mentioned that if the validation of the agreement had failed, then all the statements given by Odebrecht officers in Brazil would have been declared nonexistent, which would have had a deep negative impact on the probe.

Former Odebrecht representative in Peru Jorge Barata promised to deliver over 4,000 pages from the servers used to register the company's illegal payments to local politicians and officials, once Peru's Judicial Branch had standardized the agreement signed between the Brazilian corporation and Peruvian Public Ministry.

As is known, the Public Ministry is independent from the Executive Branch.

Vela has recently confirmed that the Judicial Branch standardized the collaboration agreement with Odebrecht, adding it marks a milestone in the fight against corruption in Peru.

Fiscal Rafael Vela: "El Poder Judicial ha tomado la decisión de aprobar el acuerdo de beneficios y colaboración eficaz conforme a los términos expuestos de manera conjunta con la Procuraduría Ad Hoc". Sigue la conferencia del Equipo Especial aquí: https://t.co/DupbqLDbE6. pic.twitter.com/YQtS2hrru5
— IDL-Reporteros (@IDL_R) 19 de junio de 2019

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 was 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.

Therefore, 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— allegedly received money from Odebrecht for her 2011 campaign.

Ex Lima Mayor Susana Villaran also admitted that Odebrecht and OAS had financed an anti-recall campaign during her tenure between 2011 and 2014. She currently serves a 24-month preventive detention.

(END) CCR/DTK/MVB

Published: 6/19/2019

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