Tag: Rio Prosecutor´s Office
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The investigation into the alleged kickback scheme of Rio's Legislative Assembly (ALERJ) employees' wages, the so-called 'rachadinha' (splitting), is expected to progress this year over suspected money laundering through a chocolate store located in...
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Federal Superior Court (STJ) Chief Judge Humberto Martins decided on Tuesday evening, December 22nd, to place Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella under house arrest with an electronic anklet.
Nine days before leaving office, Crivella was arrested...