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Brazil’s CADE launches joint operation to investigate federal highway bid cartel

( October 8, 2025, 12:21 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense, or CADE, carried out a joint operation to investigate an alleged cartel in bidding processes for emergency construction work on federal highways in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. CADE, together with the Federal Police and the Office of the Comptroller General, are examining irregularities within the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) involving companies from the consulting engineering and technical advisory sector, hired for emergency services on federal highways in the state in 2024. The total value of the contracts exceeds 72 million reais ($13 million).Statement follows below in Portuguese:...

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