Petrobras graft bagman arrested in Portugal in new “Car Wash” crackdown
Federal Police launched stage 25 of its Operation Car Wash corruption investigation on Monday (Mar. 21), arresting Raul Schmidt Felippe Junior in Portugal. Targeted by Car Wash for a year now, Schmidt is held to be a partner of Petrobras's former director, Jorge Zelada, and a bagman in the Petrobras scandal, and was on the run.
According to the Federal Police press office, investigators at Federal Police and at the Federal Prosecutor's Office at Paraná (MPF-PR) accompanied Portugal authorities in the arrest and search and seizure operations at Schmidt's home in Lisbon.
Schmidt will remain in custody in Portugal awaiting a decision on his extradition to Brazil. “The evidence gathered today should support our Operation Car Wash efforts in Brazil,” Federal Police said in a statement.
Translated by Mayra Borges
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