Odebrecht–Car Wash leniency agreement

The Odebrecht–Car Wash leniency agreement, also known in Brazil as the "end of the world plea deal" (delações do fim do mundo),^{[lower-alpha 1][14][15][16][17]} was the leniency agreement signed between Odebrecht S.A. and the Public Prosecutor's Office (PGR) in December 2016, as part of Operation Car Wash. The agreement provided for the deposition of 78 of the contractor's executives,^[18] including the former president Marcelo Odebrecht, and his father, Emílio Odebrecht ^[pt], which generated 83 investigations at the Supreme Federal Court (STF).^[19]

Operation Car Wash Operação Lava Jato
Clockwise from top left: Headquarters of Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro; Emblem of the Federal Police of Brazil; Deltan Dallagnol with Rodrigo Janot; Odebrecht logo; Federal Police in an operation; Judge Sergio Moro
Country:	Brazil
Active:	17 March 2014 – 1 February 2021
Primary judge:	Sergio Moro Mar 2014 – Nov 2018
Lead prosecutor:	Deltan Dallagnol Mar 2014 – Sept 2020[1]
All judges Judge: (Curitiba) Sergio Moro 17 Mar 2014 – 2 Nov 2018[2][3] Gabriela Hardt [pt] presiding as substitute 2019 to 6 Mar 2019[4] Luiz Antonio Bonat [pt] 6 Mar 2019 - 1 Feb 2021[5] Federal judge: (Rio de Janeiro) Marcelo Bretas [pt] (2015–2021) Federal judge: (Brasília) Vallisney de Souza Oliveira [pt] (2016–2021) Federal judge (Porto Alegre) Leandro Paulsen [pt] (2015–2021)[6] João Pedro Gebran Neto [pt] (2015–2021)[7] Judge: (Superior Court of Justice) Felix Fischer [pt] (2015–2021)[8] Judge: (Supreme Federal Court) Teori Zavascki (2014–2017) Edson Fachin (2017–2021)
Under investigation:	429 individuals[9]
Indicted:	429[9]
Convicted:	159[9]
Companies involved:	18[9]
Countries involved:	at least 11[10]
Misappropriated Petrobras funds:	R$6.2 billion[11] (US$2.5 billion[12]: 16 )
Reimbursement requested by Petrobras:	R$46.3 billion[13]: 147  (c. US$9 billion)
Recovered funds:	R$3.28 billion[9][11]: 17 [13]: 321  (US$912 million[12]: 17 )
Penalties paid by Petrobras:	US$682.6 million to Brazilian Government[13]: 18 [12]: 17  US$85.3 million to US DoJ[11]: 18 [12]: 17  US$85.3 million to US SEC[11]: 18 [12]: 17
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In March 2017, Attorney General Rodrigo Janot asked the Supreme Tribunal to withdraw the secrecy of the depositions.^[20] The following month, on 11 April, STF Minister Edson Fachin accepted the request of the A-G and withdrew the secrecy of investigations.^[21] On 12 April, federal judge Sergio Moro followed the same line as the Supreme Tribunal and withdrew the secrecy of denunciations involving people without foro privilegiado ^[pt] status^{[lower-alpha 2]} from the jurisdiction of judges of first instance.^{[lower-alpha 3]} Moro said in his order, "The judiciary should not be the guardian of shadowy secrets. Moreover, publicity prevents unlawful, regrettable leaks, which are difficult to control".^[22][23]

According to the lead prosecutor of Operation Car Wash, Deltan Dallagnol, the leniency agreement provided the "greatest refund in world history".^[24] Odebrecht and Braskem pleaded guilty and would pay fines of 3.5 billion dollars, the equivalent of 12 billion reals, 80 per cent of which would go to Brazil.^[25]

In 2018, the STF took from Lava Jato the so-called End of the World denunciation in which 415 politicians from 26 parties were mentioned, but merely one was convicted. It generated 270 investigations, but only five of them became criminal proceedings.^[26][27]

The signing of the plea bargain agreement ^[pt] resulted in several Operation Car Wash offshoots outside Brazil ^[pt], especially in the Americas.^[28]

See also

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• Condução coercitiva
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• Federal government of Brazil
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• Impeachment proposals against Michel Temer
• Industry in Brazil
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• Law of Brazil
• Odebrecht case
• Operation Car Wash
• Penal Code of Brazil
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• Timeline of Brazilian history

References

Notes

1. Delações do fim do mundo literally, "end of the world denunciation". Delações is the plural of delação, meaning, "whistleblowing", "informing", or "denunciation". A denunciation could be either about individuals (delação premiada) or about a company, where it would be called a "leniency agreement".
2. Foro privilegiado – literally, "privileged forum", and officially known as Foro especial por prerrogativa de função, this is a special status defined in the Constitution and accorded to certain high officials (President, Deputies, Senators, and certain others) that allows them to skip lower courts in the case of a criminal case against them and proceed directly to the higher courts.
3. A judge of first instance (primeira instância) is a judge in a lower, or trial court, whose decision may be reviewed by an appellate court (court of the second instance).

Citations

1. Paraguassu, Lisandra; Brito, Ricardo; Boadle, Anthony (1 September 2020). "Head of Brazil's 'Car Wash' anti-graft task force quits with team's future in doubt". Brasilia. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
2. Dantas, Dimitrius (28 February 2017). "'Terabytes' turbinam Lava-Jato". Extra. Globo. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
3. "Desembargador assina exoneração e juiz Sérgio Moro deixa a Lava a jato". R7. Record. 16 November 2018.
4. Carvalho, Cleide (November 22, 2018), "Juíza Gabriela Hardt ficará à frente da Lava a jato em Curitiba até fim de abril (Judge Gabriela Hardt will be in charge of the Car Wash in Curitiba until the end of April)", O Globo, consulted on January 31, 2019.
5. Carvalho, Cleide (November 22, 2018), "JLuiz Antonio Bonat é confirmado na antiga vaga de Moro", O Globo , consulted on January 31, 2019
6. Conheça Leandro Paulsen, revisor do julgamento de Lula no TRF4 (Meet Leandro Paulsen, reviewer of Lula's trial at TRF4). Veja magazine. Publisher April. January 24, 2018 . Consulted on May 20, 2018
7. Dantas, Yuri (November 27, 2015). TRF4 nega HC a José Carlos Bumlai na Lava Jato (TRF4 denies HC to José Carlos Bumlai in Lava Jato). Jota. Consulted on May 20, 2018
8. Alegretti, Lais (December 17, 2015). 'Ministro Felix Fischer assume relatoria da Lava Jato no STJ (Minister Felix Fischer takes over Lava Jato's rapporteur at the STJ)" . G1 Globe . Retrieved March 29, 2017
9. Ministério Publico Federal. "A Lava Jato em números no Paraná — Caso Lava Jato" [Car Wash by the Numbers in Paraná State - Car Wash Case]. www.mpf.mp.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2019.
10. Long, Ciara (17 June 2019). "Brazil's Car Wash Investigation Faces New Pressures". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
11. Petrobras - Demonstração Financeira 2018 [Petrobras - Financial Statement 2018] (PDF) (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Petrobras. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
12. Petrobras - 2018 Financial Report (PDF) (Report). 27 February 2019.
13. Petrobras - Formulário de Referência 2019 [Petrobras - Reference Form 2019] (PDF) (Report) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Petrobras. 2019.
14. Leitão, Matheus (11 April 2017). "Odebrecht fez jus ao apelido de 'delação do fim do mundo'" [Odebrecht lived up to its nickname of 'the end of the world'.]. Globo.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
15. "Delação do fim do mundo: quais são os próximos passos" [End of the world: what are the next steps?]. Abril. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
16. Rodrigo Rangel; Daniel Pereira; Robson Bonin; Laryssa Borges (11 April 2017). "A delação do fim do mundo" [The plea bargain of the end of the world]. Abril. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
17. J. A. AUNIÓN (31 January 2017). "Surge o primeiro caso da 'delação do fim do mundo' relacionado com a Espanha" [The first case of the 'end of the world' related to Spain emerges]. El País. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
18. "Delação da Odebrecht: tudo o que foi revelado pelos depoimentos dos delatores" [Odebrecht's Statement: All that was revealed by the whistleblowers' statements]. El País. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
19. "Lava Jato conclui depoimentos dos 77 delatores da Odebrecht" [Car Wash completes depositions by 77 Odebrecht whistleblowers]. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
20. Felipe Pontes e André Richter (14 March 2017). "Janot pede fim de sigilo das delações; saiba o que vai acontecer com a lista" [Janot asks for an end to secrecy; know what will happen to the list]. EBC Brasil. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
21. "EXCLUSIVO: Fachin acaba com sigilo das delações da Odebrecht" [EXCLUSIVE: Fachin ends secrecy of Odebrecht's denunciations]. Estadão. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
22. "Moro levanta sigilo de depoimentos de delatores da Odebrecht" [Moro lifts secrecy from Odebrecht whistleblowers' statements]. Globo.com. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
23. "Moro retira sigilo de depoimentos de delatores da Odebrecht em ação que envolve Palocci" [Moro lifts secrecy from Odebrecht whistleblowers' statements in action involving Palocci]. Globo.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
24. Brandt, Ricardo; Affonso, Julia; Macedo, Fausto (21 December 2016). "'O maior ressarcimento na história mundial', afirma Deltan nas redes" ['The greatest payback in world history,' says Deltan in the networks]. Uol. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
25. Odebrecht e Braskem pagarão a maior multa por corrupção da história (21 December 2016). "Odebrecht e Braskem pagarão a maior multa por corrupção da história" [Odebrecht and Braskem to pay the highest fine for corruption in history]. El País. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
26. "STF arquivou ou enviou à 1ª instância maioria dos inquéritos da Odebrecht" [Supreme Tribunal filed or sent back to the first instance the majority of Odebrecht investigations]. Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2 December 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
27. "'Delação do fim do mundo': de 415 citados, só um condenado" ['End of the world plea bargain': of 415 listed, only one convicted]. A Gazeta (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
28. Agência ANSA (16 March 2017). "Lava Jato completa 3 anos expandindo tentáculos na América Latina" [Lava Jet completes 3 years expanding its tentacles in Latin America]. Jornal do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

External links

• Constituição Da República Federativa Do Brasil De 1988 (in Portuguese)
• Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil (in English) pdf; 432 pages
• Official Senate legislation search engine for Brazilian law
• Unofficial translations of Brazilian law into English