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Comment: US corruption trial provides glimpse of Odebrecht’s bribery 'factory'

By Samuel Rubenfeld ( April 12, 2024, 21:30 GMT | Comment) -- Jose Conceicao Santos Filho testified that he had managed a massive bribery scheme in Ecuador on behalf of Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction conglomerate for which he’d worked for nearly four decades. Details surrounding the payments are giving jurors in the US trial of Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, the former Ecuadorian comptroller general, a glimpse into the inner workings of an Odebrecht corporate division dedicated to bribing government officials. “Odebrecht had a factory for paying bribes,” Santos testified.He began his testimony in English, haltingly, with the court reporter asking him to repeat himself to ensure the transcript was accurate....

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