Tag: Rio Prosecutor´s Office
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Jacarezinho massacre, which claimed the lives of 28 people last Thursday in Rio de Janeiro's North Zone, continues to cause political and judicial repercussions.
Under pressure from public opinion and human rights organizations, the...
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...
