Operation Car Wash: Brazil's Institutionalized Crime and The Inside Story of the Biggest Corruption Scandal in History
Autor Jorge Pontes, Marcio Anselmoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 feb 2027
A Financial Times "Book to Read"
Operation Car Wash is the inside story of two Brazilian Federal Police officers who found themselves at the centre of the biggest corruption scandal in history. What they found ultimately uncovered a web of political and corporate racketeering which would lead them all the way to the arrest and imprisonment of the nation's president.
Through engrossing first-hand testimony, Pontes and Anselmo recount the uphill battle faced by the Federal Police in apprehending Brazil's white-collar criminals, this in a country where the war on drugs has become a convenient distraction for the politicians and businessmen extracting billions of dollars from the public purse.
A historical record that reads like a political police thriller, Operation Car Wash is also a warning to the world: it demonstrates how easily institutionalized crime can take root in any nation - and how difficult it can be to eradicate.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350666405
ISBN-10: 1350666408
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350666408
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 mm
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
"This is an important book not only for Brazil, but for the world. It takes us inside a massive corruption network that feeds on society. The authors' gripping narrative should wake us up to the realization that corruption is a parasite that, if tolerated, will ultimately kill its host."
Scathing about the distorted priorities imposed by the war on drugs: tens of thousands of poor Brazilians have been locked up while the crimes of the rich and powerful have often gone unpunished.
As senior investigators in several of the most high-profile Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigations, Jorge Pontes and Márcio Anselmo are well-placed observers of how Brazil's corrupt politico-industrial complex functions.
Scathing about the distorted priorities imposed by the war on drugs: tens of thousands of poor Brazilians have been locked up while the crimes of the rich and powerful have often gone unpunished.
As senior investigators in several of the most high-profile Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigations, Jorge Pontes and Márcio Anselmo are well-placed observers of how Brazil's corrupt politico-industrial complex functions.
Cuprins
Foreword
Professor Robert I. Rotberg
1.The arrest of Marcelo Odebrecht
INSTITUTIONALIZED CRIME
2.From Narcotics to Environmental Crime
NEXT STOP: THE FBI
INTERNAL RESISTANCE
3.The Embryo of Operation Car Wash
FROM THE "TRUCKER'S KIT" TO FINANCIAL CRIME
THE FAKTOR "FACULTY"
NOTHING WOULD BE THE SAME AGAIN
4.The Diversion of the Federal Police
SKEWING PRIORITIES
HEAVIER WORKLOAD, FEWER AGENTS
5.From Organized to Institutionalized Crime
THE OFFICIAL PLATFORM
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
THE PARADOX OF THE FP UNDER LULA
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CORRUPTION
WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND WEBS FOR SMALL INSECTS
6.The Investigation of Lula
AN EXPLOSIVE WIRE-TAP
THE ARREST
7. Capitalism, the Brazilian Way
AN INSTITUTIONALIZED ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY
THE ORIENT EXPRESS EFFECT
RAIN HOURS
THE NON-CRIME
8.Jewelry, Racketeers, and Bad Checks - a State on the Rampage
CABRAL'S RIO -MEGA-EVENTS AND MEGA-CORRUPTION
A GLIMPSE OF THE WHALE - A CASE IN PERNAMBUCO
THE POLICE CHIEF IN THE BOW TIE
9.The Obstruction of Federal Police Investigations
THE TENSEST DAY
THE CAYMAN DOSSIER
INSTITUTIONAL LEAKS
DILMA'S PHANTOM E-MAIL
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DAYS OF MIXED SIGNALS
10.Political Appointments
THE "CLEANING CREWS" AND "RESCUE TEAMS"
THE KING'S FIFTH
11.The Current Role of the Federal Police
THE LAST TARGET OF OPERATION CAR WASH: THE JUDICIARY
A SYSTEM MADE NOT TO WORK
INSTITUTIONALIZED CRIME AS A THREAT TO THE NATION'S DEVELOPMENT
12.Proposals for the Future
Postscript: About a Plane
Afterword: The Normalization of Malfeasance
Why it's so hard to dismantle institutionalized crime in Brazil
Luís Roberto Barroso
Professor Robert I. Rotberg
1.The arrest of Marcelo Odebrecht
INSTITUTIONALIZED CRIME
2.From Narcotics to Environmental Crime
NEXT STOP: THE FBI
INTERNAL RESISTANCE
3.The Embryo of Operation Car Wash
FROM THE "TRUCKER'S KIT" TO FINANCIAL CRIME
THE FAKTOR "FACULTY"
NOTHING WOULD BE THE SAME AGAIN
4.The Diversion of the Federal Police
SKEWING PRIORITIES
HEAVIER WORKLOAD, FEWER AGENTS
5.From Organized to Institutionalized Crime
THE OFFICIAL PLATFORM
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
THE PARADOX OF THE FP UNDER LULA
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CORRUPTION
WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND WEBS FOR SMALL INSECTS
6.The Investigation of Lula
AN EXPLOSIVE WIRE-TAP
THE ARREST
7. Capitalism, the Brazilian Way
AN INSTITUTIONALIZED ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY
THE ORIENT EXPRESS EFFECT
RAIN HOURS
THE NON-CRIME
8.Jewelry, Racketeers, and Bad Checks - a State on the Rampage
CABRAL'S RIO -MEGA-EVENTS AND MEGA-CORRUPTION
A GLIMPSE OF THE WHALE - A CASE IN PERNAMBUCO
THE POLICE CHIEF IN THE BOW TIE
9.The Obstruction of Federal Police Investigations
THE TENSEST DAY
THE CAYMAN DOSSIER
INSTITUTIONAL LEAKS
DILMA'S PHANTOM E-MAIL
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DAYS OF MIXED SIGNALS
10.Political Appointments
THE "CLEANING CREWS" AND "RESCUE TEAMS"
THE KING'S FIFTH
11.The Current Role of the Federal Police
THE LAST TARGET OF OPERATION CAR WASH: THE JUDICIARY
A SYSTEM MADE NOT TO WORK
INSTITUTIONALIZED CRIME AS A THREAT TO THE NATION'S DEVELOPMENT
12.Proposals for the Future
Postscript: About a Plane
Afterword: The Normalization of Malfeasance
Why it's so hard to dismantle institutionalized crime in Brazil
Luís Roberto Barroso