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A new Bolsonaro jewelry scandal unfolds
The Federal Police have pointed to the existence of a criminal organization operating around former President Jair Bolsonaro. On Friday, marshals raided addresses linked to a man who worked as Mr. Bolsonaro’s lawyer and two high-ranking military officials.
- “Those investigated are suspected of using the structure of the Brazilian State to divert expensive goods delivered by foreign authorities in official missions to representatives of the Brazilian State, by selling these items abroad,” the Feds said on Friday.
- The money obtained from these illegal sales was converted into cash and entered into the former president’s personal assets through intermediaries and outside the formal banking system, with the aim of concealing the origin, location, and ownership of the funds.
Dealings. So far, the police have identified negotiations for the sale of two...