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[[Operation Car Wash]] ({{lang-pt|Operação Lava Jato}}) is an ongoing investigation into [[money laundering]] and [[political corruption]] in Brazil, which has been led by [[investigative judge]]s, and carried out by the [[Federal Police (Brazil)|Federal Police]].

Since its initiation in March 2014, many supplemental investigations that were offshoots of the original one have been conducted by the [[Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil)|Public Prosecutor's Office]], the [[Public Ministry (Brazil)|Attorney General's Office]] and the [[Federal Police of Brazil|Federal Police]] from documents collected from [[search warrant]]s, depositions from ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants, and documents and testimony obtained through [[plea bargaining]] ({{lang-pt|delação premiada|label=none}}).{{efn|name="Del-prem"}}

It has resulted in more than a thousand judicial warrants being served for three [[investigative judge]]s. Politicians from Brazil's largest parties, including former [[List of presidents of Brazil|presidents of Brazil]], presidents of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Chamber of Deputies]] and the [[Federal Senate (Brazil)|Federal Senate]], and state governors are involved, as well as businessmen from large Brazilian companies. Originally a [[money laundering]] investigation, it expanded to cover allegations of [[political corruption|corruption]] at the state-controlled oil company [[Petrobras]], where executives allegedly accepted [[bribes]] in return for awarding contracts to construction firms at inflated prices. At the time Petrobras had more debt and a higher market valuation that any other corporation. It accounted for more than an eighth of all investment in Brazil.<ref name=guex>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/brazil-operation-car-wash-is-this-the-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-history |title=Operation Car Wash: Is this the biggest corruption scandal in history?: What began as an investigation into money laundering quickly turned into something much greater, uncovering a vast and intricate web of political and corporate racketeering |author= Jonathan Watts |publisher=Guardian |access-date=December 24, 2019 |date=June 1, 2017 }}</ref>

The investigation is called "Operation Car Wash" because it was first uncovered at a car wash in Brasília.<ref name=ran>{{cite book|title=The Mechanism: A Crime Network So Deep it Brought Down a Nation |via=Google Books | author=Vladimir Netto | translator=Robin Patterson | publisher=Random House |year=2019 |ISBN=1473563216 |pages=368 |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=b9lbDwAAQBAJ}}</ref> The Federal Police have called it the largest corruption investigation in the country's history. The investigation later spread well beyond its origins in the state of Rio de Janeiro to include systemic kickbacks in many sectors and levels of the Brazilian business world. More than £1.4 billion was siphoned from the economy, but Global Witness says that the cost to the country is as much as 800% more.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/south-america/2018/03/enough-educate-17-million-children-true-cost-brazil-s-car-wash-scandal |title=Enough to educate 17 million children: The true cost of Brazil's Car Wash scandal |author=Ed Davey |publisher=New Statesman |date=23 March 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2019}}</ref>

On 14 July 2015, the [[Federal Police of Brazil|Federal Police]] started Operation Politeia, issuing 53 search and seizure warrants at the homes of politicians involved in the [[Petrobras]] corruption scheme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,pf-faz-busca-em-enderecos-de-politicos-investigados-na-operacao-lava-jato,1724678|title=PF faz busca nas casas de Collor e de outros parlamentares; Senado reage|trans-title=FP make searches in the houses of Collor and other parliamentarians; Senate reacts|newspaper=[[O Estado de S. Paulo]]|language=pt-BR|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=29 November 2019}}</ref> After searches at 40 addresses in seven different states (including the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]]), the Federal Police seized three luxury cars at the ''{{ill|Casa da Dinda|pt|vertical-align=sup}}'' mansion owned by [[Fernando Collor de Mello]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,collor-classifica-operacao-da-pf-como-invasiva-e-arbitraria-,1724931|title=Collor classifica operação da PF como 'invasiva e arbitrária'|trans-title=Collor labels FP's operation as 'invasive and arbitrary'|newspaper=O Estado de S. Paulo|language=pt-BR|date=14 July 2019|accessdate=29 November 2019}}</ref> and [[Brazilian real|R$]] 3.67 million (${{To USD r|3670000|BRA|2015}}) in cash.<ref name=es>{{cite web|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/pf-apreende-r-367-milhoes-na-operacao-politeia/|title=PF apreende R$ 3,67 milhões na Operação Politéia|trans-title=FP aprehends R$ 3.67 million in the Operation Politeia|newspaper=O Estado de S. Paulo|language=pt-BR|date=14 July 2015|accessdate=29 November 2019}}</ref>

{{further|:pt:Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato#Operação Prisão de Delcídio do Amaral|l1=Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato§Operação Prisão de Delcídio do Amaral}}

On 25 November 2015, the Federal Police arrested Senator [[Delcídio do Amaral]] for trying to impede the {{lang-pt|colaboração premiada|region=br|label=none}}{{thin space}}{{efn|name="Col-prem"}} (rewarded collaboration) of former Petrobras director {{ill|Nestor Cerveró|pt|vertical-align=sup}}{{Efn |'''Petrobras director'''{{snd}}Although often referred to in the press as "director of the international region", Petrobras does not formally have an International Board of Directors, but does have an International Management reporting to the Board of Exploration and Production.<ref>{{Citation |author=Petrobras |url=http://www.petrobras.com.br/pt/quem-somos/organograma/ |title=Organograma: Conheça o Organograma da Empresa - Petrobras |trans-title=Learn About the Organization Chart of the Enterprise - Petrobras |work=Who we are |publisher=Petrobras}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |work=Quem somos [Who we are] | url=http://www.petrobras.com.br/pt/quem-somos/organograma/nossa-diretoria/ |title=Diretores |trans-title=Directors |publisher=Petrobrás}}</ref>}} about the senator's alleged participation in irregularities in the purchase of [[Pasadena Refining System]] in the state of [[Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/noticiaNoticiaStf/anexo/Acao_Cautelar_4039.pdf |title=Decisão do STF sobre a Prisão do Delcídio Amaral |trans-title=Supreme Court Decision on the Imprisonment of Delcídio Amaral |date=25 November 2015 |first1=Teori |last1=Zavascki |publisher=Federal Supreme Court |access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref> Police said in 2015 that they had found evidence of $15 million in bribes related to the purchase of the refinery<ref>{{cite news |date=11 October 2017 | title=Brazil court freezes ex-leader Rousseff's assets over 2006 refinery deal |author=Anthony Boadle |agency=Reuters | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-refinery/brazil-court-freezes-ex-leader-rousseffs-assets-over-2006-refinery-deal-idUSKBN1CG2EY}}</ref> Petrobras first held a 50% share of the refinery, then later bought the other half as well, as a result of a dispute with its partner, Astra Oil, which had purchased the entire refinery in 2005 for $42.5 million USD. A year later Petrobras bought a half interest in the refinery for $360 milllion USD. They wound up paying $820.6 in 2012 when a US court enforced a provision of the sales contract.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2014/03/entenda-compra-da-refinaria-de-pasadena-pela-petrobras.html |date=20 March 2014 |title=Entenda a compra da refinaria de Pasadena pela Petrobras: Transação levantou suspeitas de evasão de divisas e superfaturamento: Presidente Dilma era conselheira da estatal na época da negociação |trans-title=Understand Petrobras' Purchase of Pasadena Refinery: Transaction raised suspicions of currency evasion and overpricing: President Dilma was a state advisor at the time of the negotiation |language=pt |publisher=Globo |website=G1 |accessdate=12 December 2019}}</ref> In January 2019 Petrobras signed a sale agreement for their interest in Pasadena Refinery, as well as three refineries he in Brazil, Abreu e Lima (RNEST), {{ill|Landulpho Alves |pt | Refinaria Landulpho Alves|vertical-align=sup}} (RLAM), Presidente Getúlio Vargas (REPAR) and Alberto Pasqualini (REFAP).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petrobras.com.br/en/news/petrobras-america-signs-agreement-for-sale-of-the-pasadena-refinery.htm |title=Petrobras America signs agreement for sale of the Pasadena Refinery |publisher=Petrobras}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/news/chevron-buys-pasadena-refinery-from-petrobras-in-350m-deal/ |date=3 May 2019 |title=Chevron buys Pasadena refinery from Petrobras in $350m deal |publisher=Hydrocarbons Technology |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref>

Cervero was sentenced 17 August 2015 to 12 years in prison for [[money laundering]] and corruption for a bribe paid to the speaker of the lower house by [[Samsung Heavy Industries]] for two [[drillship]] contracts.<ref name=r>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/petrobras-corruption/former-petrobras-exec-sentenced-for-samsung-drillship-bribe-idUSL1N10S16120150817 |agency=Reuters |title=Former Petrobras exec sentenced for Samsung drillship bribe |date=17 August 2015 |access-date=5 December 2019}}</ref> Cervero had previously been sentenced to five years for using a [[shell company]] to launder money stolen from Petrobras and buy a luxury apartment in Rio de Janeiro. Petrobras fired him in 2014.<ref name=r />

On 11 December 2015, federal police launched Operation Barren Lives ({{lang-pt|Operação Vidas Secas|label=none}} ) as an offshoot of [[Operation Car Wash]]. It investigated [[overbilling|invoice padding]] for works on the [[São Francisco River]]. There were 32 court orders, 24 of which were for search and seizure, four for temporary arrest and four for ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants. The president of Construtora OAS, Elmar Varjão, was held in São Paulo,<ref>{{cite web|title=Brazilian Builder OAS’s President Arrested in Bribery Probe: Elmar Varjão among executives alleged to have overcharged government on contracts |author=Luciana Magalhaes |date=December 11, 2015 |access-date=December 28, 2019| publisher=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazilian-builder-oass-president-arrested-in-bribery-probe-1449867214}}</ref> and executives of Coesa Engenharia, Barbosa Melo and {{ill|Galvão Engenharia|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, were arrested in the operation. According to investigators, entrepreneurs used [[shell corporation|shell companies]] to divert at least $ 200 million{{What}}. The value of the investigated contracts is R$ 680 million (${{To USD r|680000000|BRA|2015}}).The Federal Police also pointed to the participation of {{ill|JD Consultoria|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, a company belonging to former Minister [[José Dirceu]], arrested in Operation Car Wash. The Federal Police's regional superintendent in [[Pernambuco]], Marcelo Diniz, said the PF had found a transfer of R$ 586,000 (${{To USD r|586000|BRA|2015}}) from Galvão Engenharia to JD Consultoria.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2015/12/1717906-em-desdobramento-da-lava-jato-pf-prende-presidente-da-construtora-oas.shtml|work=Folha de S. Paulo|date=11 December 2015|title=Em desdobramento da Lava Jato, PF prende presidente da construtora OAS|first1=Mario César|last1=Carvalho|first2=João Pedro|last2=Pitombo|first3=Kleber|last3=Nunes|first4=Gabriel|last4=Mascarenhas||access-date=11 December 2015}}</ref>

On December 15, 2015, the Federal Police launched a new offshoot of Operation Car Wash, dubbed "Operation Catiline Orations" ({{lang-pt|Operação Catilinárias|label=none}})<ref name="Bintrim-2016">{{cite web |last=Bintrim |first=Rebecca |title=The Brilliant Names of Brazil's Anti-Corruption Operations: A Guide |date=20 January 2016 |url=https://www.americasquarterly.org/content/brilliant-names-brazils-anti-corruption-operations-guide |website=Americas Quarterly |publisher= Americas Society and Council Of The Americas |location=New York |issn=1936-797X |accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref>, serving search and seizure warrants at the official residence of Deputy [[Eduardo Cunha]] ([[PMDB]] – Rio de Janeiro), in [[Brasília]]. Warrants were also served at Rio de Janeiro addresses of the PMDB. Police also carried out a search and arrest warrants at the homes of Federal Deputy {{ill|Aníbal Gomes|pt|vertical-align=sup}} (PMDB -[[Ceará]]) and Minister of Science and Technology {{ill|Celso Pansera|pt|vertical-align=sup}}.

Others involved in the operation are Senator [[Edison Lobão]] (PMDB – [[Maranhão]]), former Minister of Mines and Energy; [[Henrique Eduardo Alves]] (PMDB – [[Rio Grande do Norte]]), then Minister of Tourism and [[:pt:Sérgio Machado|Sérgio Machado]], a former president of [[Transpetro]] named by PMDB. The main purpose of the Federal Police was to prevent destruction of evidence.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/2015/12/policia-federal-cumpre-mandado-de-busca-e-apreensao-na-casa-de-cunha.html|date=December 15, 2015|work=Política|publisher=Globo|trans-title=Federal Police comply with search and seizure warrant at Cunha's house|title=Polícia Federal cumpre mandado de busca e apreensão na casa de Cunha|lang=pt}}</ref> Documents were seized in [[Recife]], [[Brejão]], [[Agreste]], and [[Petrolina]], in [[Sertão]]. All seized material was sent to Recife and then to Brasilia.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://g1.globo.com/pernambuco/noticia/2015/12/operacao-catilinarias-apreende-r-170-thousand-documents-and-hds-in-pe.html | publisher=Globo | work=G1 Pernambuco | date=15 December 2015 | trans-title=Operation Catilinearis seizes R $ 170,000, documents and hard drives in PE|title=Operação Catilinárias apreende R$ 170 mil, documentos e HDs em PE|lang=pt | access-date=26 March 2016}}</ref>

On December 17, 2015, {{ill|Operation Black Blood|pt|Operação Sangue Negro|vertical-align=sup}} investigated money diverted from [[Petrobras]] contracts since 1997.<ref name="Abdala-2015">{{cite web |title=PF carry out operation to arrest accused of embezzling money from Petrobras |last1=Abdala |first1=Vitor |url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/geral/noticia/2015-12/pf-carry-out-operation-arrest-accused-embezzling-money-petrobras |date=17 December 2015 |website=Agência Brasil |publisher=EBC |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=22 December 2019 |quote= }}</ref> The lawsuit relates to investigations into a bribery scheme involving the Dutch company [[SBM Offshore]] and the Brazilian state-owned oil company. Four pre-trial detention warrants were served, two of which were against former directors arrested in [[Operation Car Wash]], {{ill|Renato Duque|pt|vertical-align=sup}} and {{ill|Jorge Zelada|pt|vertical-align=sup}}. Police searched the homes of the respondents and the offices of Petroserv, an oil prospecting company. According to the investigations, Petroserv received transfers of 3% to 5% of games contracts{{what}} from Petrobras and, of this total, sent 1% to accounts of companies abroad.{{what}} Investigators point out that this money was laundered and remitted to Brazil as a bribe.{{what|unclear}} In June this year,{{when}} former SBM representative in Brazil Júlio Faerman, whistleblower and one of the scheme operators investigated by Lava Jato.<ref name=SBM /><ref>{{cite web|last=Grellet|first=Fabio|date=5 August 2015|title=Justiça Federal homologa delação de Júlio Faerman|lang=pt|work=Estadão|publisher=O Estado de São Paulo|access-date=17 December 2015|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,justica-federal-homologa-delacao-de-julio-faerman,1738749}}</ref> told the {{ill|Petrobras CPI|pt|CPI da Petrobras|vertical-align=sup}} that he guaranteed "significant gains" to the Brazilian state-owned company while acting on behalf of the Dutch company. A month earlier, CPI members went to London to gather testimony from Jonathan David Taylor, a former SBM director who reported irregularities in contracts signed between the Dutch company and Petrobras.<ref name=SBM>{{cite news |last=Bomfim |first=Camila |date=17 December 2015 |title=Operação da Polícia Federal apura desvios na Petrobras desde 1997 |lang=pt|work=Política |publisher=Globo |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2015/12/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-em-operacao-sobre-sbm-e-petrobras.html |accessdate=17 December 2015}}</ref>

On 26 February 2016, Operation Recipient ({{lang-pt|O Recebedor|label=none}}) investigated an alleged bribery and fraud scheme in the construction of the {{ill|North-South Railway of Brazil|pt|Ferrovia Norte-Sul|es|EF-334|lt=North-South Railway|vertical-align=sup}} and {{ill|West-East Railway of Brazil|pt|Ferrovia Oeste-Leste|de|Ferrovia Oeste-Leste|lt=West-East Railway|vertical-align=sup}} based on evidence gathered in [[Operation Car Wash]]. In all, the Federal Police served seven ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants and 44 search and arrest warrants in six states&mdash;[[Paraná (state)|Paraná]], [[Maranhão]], [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]], [[Sao Paulo (state)|Sao Paulo]], [[Minas Gerais]], [[Goiás]]&mdash;and the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]]. The operation, by the [[Federal Prosecutor's Office]] and the Federal Police in [[Goiás]], targeted contracts signed between the state-owned company {{ill|Valec S/A|pt|VALEC|vertical-align=sup}}, responsible for railway construction, and contractors investigated in the oil industry, such as [[Odebrecht]], Brazilian industrial conglomerate {{ill|Queiroz Galvão|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|UTC Engenharia|pt|Constran|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Grupo OAS|pt||es||vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Mendes Júnior|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Grupo Camargo Corrêa|pt|||vertical-align=sup}}, among others. According to the Federal Police, the contractors made regular payments through mock contracts to a law firm and to two other companies nominated by {{ill|José Francisco das Neves|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, known as "Juquinha",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/go/goias/noticia/mpf-denuncia-ex-presidente-da-valec-e-dois-ex-diretores-por-fraudes-e-corrupcao.ghtml| title=MPF denuncia ex-presidente da Valec e dois ex-diretores por fraudes em obras na Ferrovia Norte-Sul Segundo órgão, desvios somam mais de R$ 252 milhões de verba pública em contrato |author=Vanessa Martins |work=G1 |publisher=Globo |date = June 26, 2018 |access-date=December 27, 2018}}</ref> former president of Valec.The companies acted as a front to hide the illicit origin of the money. All were charged with passive corruption{{efn|name="pass-corr"}} and money laundering.

The name of the operation refers to the defense presented by one of the targets in a previous investigation called the {{lang-pt|Trem Pagador|label=none}} ("Pay Train").{{clarify|reason=Is this a reference to this 1960 train robbery in RJ state? |post-text=See [[:pt:Assalto ao trem pagador da Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil em Japeri|here]]. |date=November 2019}} In it, the defense alleged that "if the train was the paymaster, the target was not the recipient".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/brasil/pf-cumpre-mandados-em-operacao-relacionada-a-lava-jato |publisher=Abril |work=Veja |date=2016-02-26 |title=Em operação braço da Lava Jato, PF mira em contratos da Valec com empreiteiras |trans-title=In a spin-off of Operation Car Wash, Federal Police targets Valec dealings with contractors |accessdate=2019-11-30}}</ref> According to the [[Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil)|Public Prosecutor's Office]] in Goiás, [[Camargo Corrêa]] admitted having paid R$ 800,000 (${{To USD r|800000|BRA|2016|sf=2}}) to Juquinha. In that one state alone, the authorities estimated that the scheme diverted R$ 630 million (${{To USD r|630000000|BRA|2016}}) from the public coffer.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Camila |last1=Bomfim |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/2016/02/pf-cumpre-mandados-em-operacao-relacionada-lava-jato.html|publisher=Globo|work=Política|lang=pt|title=PF faz operação para investigar fraudes em works de ferrovias |trans-title=Federal Police initiates operation to investigate rail works fraud |date=2016-02-26 |accessdate=2019-11-30}}</ref>

On 22 March 2016, the 26th phase of [[Operation Car Wash]] launched, called {{ill|Operation Xepa|pt|Operação Xepa|vertical-align=sup}}, an offshoot of {{ill|Operation Acarajé|pt|Operação Acarajé|vertical-align=sup}}. In Operation Xepa, 67 search and seizure warrants, 28 ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants, 11 temporary arrest warrants and 4 preventive arrest warrants were executed in the states of São Paulo, Brasilia, [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]], Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Rio de January, Rio Grande do Sul, [[Piauí]] and Bahia. The Federal Police discovered, through analysis of documents from the Acarajé operation, cash payments to third parties indicated by senior [[Odebrecht]] executives, using financial operators in the parallel foreign exchange market to make illegal payments.<ref>{{cite web|title=Polícia Federal deflagra a 26ª Fase da Operação Lava Jato - Operação XEPA|lang=pt|publisher=Agência Polícia Federal|url=http://www.pf.gov.br/agencia/noticias/2016/03/policia-federal-deflagra-a-26a-fase-da-operacao-lava-jato-operacao-xepa|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Andreza Matais|author2=Julia Affonso|author3=Ricardo Brandt|author4=Fausto Macedo|date=2016-03-22|title=PF deflagra Operação Xepa, a 26ª fase da Lava Jato|lang=pt|work=Estadão|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/pf-deflagra-26a-fase-da-lava-jato/|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>

On May 20, 2016, PF launched [[Operation Janus]],<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--staff writer, no byline--> |trans-title=The name is Janus but investigates the clan |website=O Antagonista |title=O nome é Janus mas investiga o clã |date=20 May 2016 |publisher=Diogo Mainardi, Mário Sabino, Cláudio Dantas |url=http://oantagonista.com/posts/o-nome-e-janus-mas-investiga-o-cla |accessdate=24 January 2020 }}</ref> focusing on international [[influence peddling]] at [[Odebrecht S.A.]] and in the family of the former president [[Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|Lula]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Diogo Mainardi, Mário Sabino, Cláudio Dantas |url=http://www.oantagonista.com/posts/urgente-pf-na-odebrecht |trans-title=Urgent: Federal Police at Odebrecht |title=Urgente: PF na Odebrecht |website=O antagonista |date=20 May 2016 |accessdate=24 January 2020 }}</ref><ref name=G1-2016>{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2016/05/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-em-inquerito-que-envolve-lula.html |website=O Globo |trans-title=PF launches operation to investigate Odebrecht and people linked to Lula |title=PF deflagra operação para investigar a Odebrecht e pessoas ligadas a Lula |first=Camila |last=Bomfim |accessdate=24 January 2020 }}</ref> Among the targets of the operation was Lula's nephew, Taiguara Rodrigues dos Santos, taken to the stand. The intention of the investigation was to verify whether contracts of a company, which belongs to Taiguara, were used with Odebrecht for the payment of undue advantages. <ref name="jano">{{cite web |url=http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/policia/policia-federal-investiga-contratos-da-odebrecht-com-empresas,fe609040b47690ad0ed0dbe18318cfd86cd35w9g.html |publisher=Telefônica |website=Terra |date=20 May 2016 |trans-title=Operation Janus of PF targets relatives and people connected to Lula |title=Operação Janus da PF mira parente e pessoas ligadas a Lula |accessdate=24 January 2020 }}</ref> The judge [[Vallisney de Souza Oliveira]], of the 10th Federal District Court, responsible for the case, issued four search and seizure warrant and ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants, authorizing the breach of bank secrecy, tax and computerized data of nine suspects. The investigation that supported the warrants was opened on December 23, 2015.<ref name=G1-2016 />

On 23 June 2016, the Federal Police launched Operation Brazil Cost,{{efn |'''Brazil cost'''{{snd}}(from {{lang-pt|[[:pt:Custo Brasil|Custo Brasil]]}}); this is a term that refers to the increased cost of doing business in Brazil based on in-country factors, such as administrative corruption, excessive bureaurocracy, dysfunctions in import-export operations, inefficiency in public services, and others.}} with searches in São Paulo, Curitiba, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul,<ref name="Custobrasil">{{cite news |author=<!--staff writers, no byline--> |url=http://g1.globo.com/bom-dia-brasil/noticia/2016/06/operacao-da-pf-prende-ex-ministro-paulo-bernardo-em-brasilia.html |publisher=Globo |website=Bom dia Brasil |date=23 June 2016 |trans-title=Police operation arrests former minister Paulo Bernardo in Brasilia |title=Operação da PF prende ex-ministro Paulo Bernardo em Brasília |accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref> and with the arrest of the former [[Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management|Minister of Planning]] of the {{ill|Presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|pt|Governo Lula|lt=Lula administration|vertical-align=sup}} and of Communications in the first {{ill|Presidency of Dilma Rousseff|pt|Governo Dilma Rousseff|lt=Dilma administration|vertical-align=sup}}, [[Paulo Bernardo]]. The operation is an offshoot of the [[Draft:Operation Car Wash investigation phases#18|18th phase of Operation Car Wash]]. Paulo is the husband of Senator [[Gleisi Hoffmann]] ([[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]]-[[Paraná]]) and he was arrested in Brasília. {{ill|Carlos Gabas|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, former {{ill|Ministry of Social Security (Brazil)|pt|ministro da Previdência|lt=Minister of Social Security|vertical-align=sup}} of the Dilma administration, was the target of [[search and seizure]].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Adriana |last1=Justi |first2=Camila |last2=Bomfim |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/2016/06/ex-ministro-paulo-bernardo-e-preso.html|publisher=Globo|work=Política|lang=pt|date=23 June 2016 |trans-title=Former Minister Paulo Bernardo is arrested in Brasilia by Car Wash |title=Ex-ministro Paulo Bernardo é preso em Brasília pela Lava Jato |accessdate=23 June 2016}}</ref>

The operation involved the computer company {{ill|Consist Software|pt|Consist|vertical-align=sup}}. The Federal Police suspected a R$ 100 million (${{To USD r|100000000|BRA|2016|sf=2}}) bribe by this company in a contract assignment scheme at the [[Ministry of Planning (Brazil)|Ministry of Planning]] when Paulo Bernardo was minister.<ref name="Custobrasil"/> In the same operation, agents of the Federal Police seized computers, documents and archival material at the headquarters of the national executive committee of the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] in downtown São Paulo.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tomaz |first1=Kleber |url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/2016/06/agentes-apreendem-computador-na-sede-do-pt-em-sp-diz-policia-federal.html |publisher=Globo |website=G1 |date=23 June 2016 |trans-title=Agents seize computer at Workers Party HQ in SP, says Federal Police |title=Agentes apreendem computador na sede do PT em SP, diz Polícia Federal |accessdate=11 December 2019}}</ref>

On 30 June 2016, the Federal Police launched a joint operation called "Operation Periodic Table" on behalf of three governmental units, in order to fufill 44 search and seizure warrants and 14 ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants in the state of [[Goiá]], and eight other federative units.{{Efn|'''Federative unit'''{{snd}}Brazil is a federation (official name: Federative Republic of Brazil) containing several subnational units, such as 26 [[States of Brazil|states]], and the [[Federal District (Brazil)|Federal District]]}} About 200 federal police officers, 26 federal [[criminologist]]s, and 52 [[Administrative Council for Economic Defense|CADE]] agents participated in the operation. These operations were carried out for the Center for the Fight against Corruption of the Goiás Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, the Federal Police Superintendency in Goiás State, and for the Superintendency General of the [[Administrative Council for Economic Defense]] (CADE).<ref>{{cite web |title=Deflagrada Operação "Tabela Periódica" em Goiás |trans-title=Operation "Periodic Table" Launched in Goiás |url= http://www.mpf.mp.br/go/sala-de-imprensa/noticias-go/deflagrada-operacao-201ctabela-periodica201d-em-goias |publisher= Ministério Público Federal |date=2016-06-30 |accessdate=2016-06-30}}</ref>

On 30 June 2016, the Federal Police launched Operation Raider ({{lang|pt|Saqueador}}) in conjunction with the Federal Public Prosecutor, investigating a $ 370 million money laundering organization centered on Governor [[Sérgio Cabral]] (PMDB). Arrested in the operation were {{ill|Carlinhos Cachoeira|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, Cláudio Abreu in [[Goiás]] and lobbyists {{ill|Adir Assad|pt|vertical-align=sup}} and {{ill|Marcelo José Abudd|pt|vertical-align=sup}}.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/delta-e-carlinhos-cachoeira-sao-tarvo-de-operacao-da-pf/ | publisher=Estado de São Paulo | work=Estadão | date=30 June 2016 | title=Carlinhos Cachoeira é preso na Operação Saqueador |trans-title=Carlinhos Cachoeira is arrested in Operation Saqueador | first1=Faust | last1=Macedo | first2=Julia | last2=Affonso | access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://be.abril.com.br/noticia/brasil/pf-deflagra-operacao-que-tem-cachoeira-cavendish-e-adir-assad-as-targets | publisher=Abril | work= Veja | date=30 June 2016 | title=PF prende Carlinhos Cachoeira em operação contra lavagem de dinheiro |trans-title=PF arrests Carlinhos Cachoeira in operation against money laundering | access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> One of the targets, contractor Fernando Cavendish, owner of {{ill|Construtora Delta |pt|vertical-align=sup}}, who had been out of the country, was arrested as he landed at {{ill|Aeroporto Internacional Tom Jobim|pt|vertical-align=sup}}.<Ref name="report">{{cite news |url=http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2016/07/presos-na-operacaoo-sameado-highlight-for-presidio-in-bangu.html | publisher=Globo | work=G1 | title=Presos na Operação Saqueador são levados para presídio em Bangu |trans-title= Prisoners in Operation Saqueador are taken to prison in Bangu | first= Alessandro | last= Ferreira | access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> The [[Attorney General's Office]] (PGR) stated that the [[embezzlement]] of public funds by construction company Delta Engenharia in Rio de Janeiro, had the "sponsorship" of the former governor. Between 2007 and 2012, 96.3% of Delta's revenue came from public funds, almost 11 billion reals (${{ToUSDr|11|BRA|2016}} billion). Of this total, 370 million reals (${{ToUSDr|370|BRA|2016}} million) were allegedly laundered through eighteen "companies" located at the addresses of a dentist's office, plaster shop and even a roadside scrub.{{what}} Some addresses did not exist. The scheme involved embezzlement of funds for major public works, such as construction of the {{ill|Parque Aquático Maria Lenk|pt|vertical-align=sup}} for the [[2007 Pan American Games]] and renovation and construction for the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. <ref>{{Cite web | url=http://veja.abril.com.br/brasil/sergio-cabral-apadrinhou-esque-de-corrupcao-no-rio-says-pgr | publisher=Abril | work=Veja | date=24 October 2016 | title=Sérgio Cabral 'apadrinhou' esquema de corrupção no Rio, diz PGR |trans-title=Sérgio Cabral 'sponsored' corruption scheme in Rio, says PGR | access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>

1 July 2016, Federal Police launched Operation Sepsis, another Car Wash spinoff. Money changer {{ill|Lúcio Bolonha Funaro|pt|Lucio Funaro|vertical-align=sup}}, who had ties to [[Eduardo Cunha]], was arrested in the operation. In all, 19 search and seizure warrants and one pre-trial arrest warrant were fulfilled. The other targets were [[Joesley Batista]], one of the partners of [[J&F Investimentos]], Eldorado, J&F Investimentos' pulp arm,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazils-federal-police-raid-j-f-headquarters-as-part-of-probe-1467377360 |title=Brazil Police Search Home of JBS Chief, Parent Company's Headquarters:Authorities allege pulp-making unit of parent J&F paid bribes to politicians | author1=Rogerio Jelmayer |author2=Luciana Magalhaes |date= 1 July 2016 | newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=8 December 2019}}</ref> lobbyist Milton Lira, Cone Multimodal, a multimodal logistics and industrial infrastructure company, and {{ill|Henrique Constantino|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, entrepreneur, co-founder of [[Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes]] (Gol).<ref>{{cite news |url= http://g1.globo.com/jornal-da-globo/noticia/2016/07/pf-realiza-operacao-sepsis-mais-um-desdobramento-da-lava-jato.html |publisher=Globo |work= Jornal da Globo |title= PF realiza Operação Sépsis, mais um desdobramento da Lava Jato| first =Giovana | last=Teles |access-date= 15 July 2016}}</ref>

On 6 July 2016, Federal Police started Operation Pripyat to dismantle a gang that was active in the Eletronuclear subsidiary of [[Eletrobras]] responsible for nuclear power generation. One of the main targets of the operation was Vice Admiral {{ill|Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, former president of the state-owned company, who served time under house arrest. The other suspects were former employees of the company. By court order, the president of the subsidiary at the time, Pedro Diniz Figueiredo, was removed from office. In all, the police served nine arrest warrants (six preventive and three temporary), nine ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants, and 26 search and seizure warrants in the states of Rio de Janeiro and [[Porto Alegre]]. The action was an offshoot of Operation Car Wash that uncovered a corruption scheme in the electricity sector similar to that of Petrobras in the oil sector, and was conducted by the 7th Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Borges |first1=Laryssa |url=http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/brasil/pf-cumpre-mandados-relacionados-a-investigados-na-operacao-lava-jato |publisher=Abril |website=Veja |date=6 July 2016 |title=Operação da PF prende ex-presidente da Eletronuclear e afasta atual diretor do cargo |trans-title=Federal Police operation arrests former president of Eletronuclear and removes current director from office |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709221147/http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/brasil/pf-cumpre-mandados-relacionados-a-investigados-na-operacao-lava-jato |archivedate=2016-07-09 |url-status=dead |accessdate=7 July 2016}}</ref>

On 10 August 2016, in an offshoot of [[#Operation Pripyat|Operation Pripyat]], the Federal Police launched Operation Brotherhood, which resulted in the arrest of Samir Assad, who was accused, along with his brother {{ill|Adir Assad|pt|vertical-align=sup}} and nine others of setting up a ''[[caixa 2]]'' slush fund scheme of contractors that allowed the payment of almost R$ 178 million (${{To USD r|178000000|BRA|2016}}) in [[bribe]]s to managers of [[Eletronuclear]] between 2008 and 2013. The brothers' financial center operated for at least three major contractors, [[Andrade Gutierrez]], Delta and [[Odebrecht]], in projects such as the construction of the [[Angra III]] nuclear power plant, the renovation of [[Maracanã Stadium]] for the [[2014 World Cup]] and the implementation of the {{ill|Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex|pt|Complexo Petroquímico do Rio de Janeiro|fr|Complexe pétrochimique de Rio de Janeiro|vertical-align=sup}}, in [[Itaboraí]]. The scheme consisted of issuing counterfeit invoices{{efn|name="notas frias"}} for services never rendered, to feed a ''[[caixa dois]]'' slush fund for payment of bribes. They had companies such as JSM Engineering and Earthworks, SP Earthworks and Legend, whose sole purpose was to issue and spread the fake invoices.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Francisco 'Chico' |last=Otávio |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/empresario-de-sp-preso-em-nova-fase-da-lava-jato-que-apura-esquema-na-eletronuclear-19891257 |work=G1 |publisher=Globo |date=10 August 2016 |title=Empresário de SP é preso em nova fase da Lava-Jato que apura esquema na Eletronuclear |trans-title=SP businessman arrested in new phase of Car Wash that examined scheme at Eletronuclear |location=Rio de Janeiro |accessdate=9 December 2019}}</ref>

On {{date|5 December 2016}}, the Federal Police launched {{ill|Operation Deflection|pt|Operação Deflexão|vertical-align=sup}}, which involved [[Vital do Rêgo Filho|Vital do Rêgo]] , the then minister of the [[Tribunal de Contas da União]] (TCU), and [[Marco Maia]], federal deputy and former president of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)|Chamber of Deputies]]. The targets of this new operation were suspected of having negotiated bribes with contractors targeted by the {{ill|Parliamentary Investigation Commission|pt|Comissão parlamentar de inquérito|es|Comisión de investigación|fr|Commission d'enquête parlementaire en France|vertical-align=sup}} into Petrobras, which was initiated in the [[National Congress of Brazil|National Congress]] in {{date|May 2014}}. The investigations began when the former leader of the [[Dilma Rousseff|Dilma government]] in the [[Brazilian Senate]], [[Delcídio do Amaral]], revealed in his ''{{ill|delação premiada|pt|vertical-align=sup}}''{{efn|name="Del-prem"}} that the Parliamentary Investigation Commission was used for fraudulent businesses. According to the investigators, there was evidence that Vital do Rêgo requested R$ 5 million (${{To USD r|5000000|BRA|2016}}) from contractors for his campaign for governor of [[Paraíba]] state. Brazilian civil engineering conglomerate {{ill|Grupo OAS|pt|Construtora OAS|vertical-align=sup}} donated half of that quantity to the National Directorate of the [[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] (PMDB), the political party with which the TCU minister was affiliated. The other half was transferred via a "''[[caixa 2]]''" [[slush fund]], to Construtora Planície, which was also targeted by a search and seizure warrant.

Deputy Marco Maia, in his turn, was suspected of having received R$ 200,000 (${{To USD r|200000|BRA|2016|sf=2}}) in cash. Júlio Camarco allegedly delivered the money to an assistant of the former president of the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/ministro-do-tcu-e-ex-presidente-da-camara-sao-alvos-da-lava-jato |publisher= Abril | work=Veja |date= 5 December 2016 |accessdate= 5 December 2016 |title= Ministro do TCU e ex-presidente da Câmara são alvos da Lava Jato}}</ref> Besides Delcídio the contractor {{ill|Léo Pinheiro|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, of Construtora OAS also denounced Vital do Rêgo and Marco Maia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/leo-pinheiro-entrega-a-moro-berzoini-gim-argello-e-vital-do-rego/ |publisher= Abril |work= Veja |accessdate= 5 December 2016 |title= Léo Pinheiro entrega a Moro Berzoini, Gim Argello e Vital do Rêgo |first=Eduardo | last=Gonçalves}}</ref> In October 2016, Pìnheiro's attorney delivered evidence to Judge Sérgio Moro that, in his view, proved that bribes had been paid to Vital.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/leo-pinheiro-entrega-a-moro-notas-que-ligam-ministro-do-tcu-a-r-15-mi-de-caixa-2/ |publisher= O Estado de São Paulo | work=Estadão|accessdate= 5 December 2016 |title= Léo Pinheiro entrega a Moro notas de caixa 2 para campanha de ministro do TCU | first=Mateus | last=Coutinho}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/2016/10/leo-pinheiro-entrega-supostas-notas-fiscais-de-propina-ministro-do-tcu.html |publisher=Globo |work= G1 | date=October 2016 | accessdate= 5 December 2016 |title=Léo Pinheiro entrega a Moro supostos recibos de propina a ministro do TCU}}</ref>

On December 13, 2016, the Federal Police launched Operation Out of Control ({{lang-pt|Operação Descontrole|label=none}}){{thin space}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/geral/noticia/2016-12/accounting-court-head-taken-questioning-car-wash-linked-operation |title=Accounting Court head taken in for questioning in Car Wash-linked operation |date=2016-12-13 |website=Agência Brasil |language=en |access-date=2019-12-18}},</ref> which investigated the president of the {{ill|Rio de Janeiro State Court of Accounts|pt|Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro|vertical-align=sup}} ({{lang-pt|TCE-RJ|label=none}}), Jonas Lopes de Carvalho, the target of a ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} compulsory appearance warrant. The president's son, Jonas Lopes Júnior, and Jorge Luiz Mendes Pereira da Silva (a.k.a., "Doda"), appointed as Lopes's operator, were also brought in to testify. The [[Superior Court of Justice (Brazil)|Superior Court of Justice]] provided the three ''condução coercitiva'' warrants. Federal police officers also served ten search and seizure warrants. Delegations of Andrade Gutierrez executives named Jonas Lopes, showing that he was one of the ones who benefited most by the dual payment scheme in major projects of the Rio de Janeiro government, as revealed by {{ill|Operation Car Wash investigation phases#37|pt|Fases da Operação Lava Jato#2016|lt=Operation Calicute|vertical-align=sup}}<!-- [[Draft:Operation Car Wash investigation phases#37|Operation Calicute]]-->. According to the Federal Police, the operation investigated crimes of passive corruption{{efn|name="pass-corr"}} and money laundering.<ref>{{cite web |last=Otavio |first=Chico |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/presidente-do-tce-rj-levado-depor-por-agentes-da-pf-20637069 |publisher=Globo |work=G1 |date=13 December 2016 |title=Presidente do TCE-RJ é levado a depor por agentes da PF |trans-title=President of TCE-RJ brought in to testify by FP agents |accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref>

On 26 January 2017, the Federal Police launched an operation<ref name=Ag-Br-2017 /> code-named "Efficiency"<ref name="Pontes-2018">{{cite web |title=Money dealer ran corruption scheme that moved $ 1.6 billion in bribes |last1=Pontes |first1=Felipe |url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2018-05/money-dealer-ran-corruption-scheme-moved-16-billion-bribes |date=3 May 2018 |website=[[Agência Brasil]] |publisher=[[Empresa Brasil de Comunicação|EBC]] |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= |quote= }}</ref> ({{lang|pt|Operação Eficiência}}) that investigated active and passive corruption{{efn|name="pass-corr"}}, crime syndicates, money laundering, and concealment of approximately 100 million dollars abroad, in an offshoot of {{ill|Operation Car Wash investigation phases#37|pt|Fases da Operação Lava Jato#2016|lt=Operation Calicute|vertical-align=sup}}. Among the targets of the warrants was businessman [[Eike Batista]].<ref name=Ag-Br-2017>{{cite web |lang=pt |author=Agência Brasil |url=https://www.correiodoestado.com.br/brasilmundo/pf-deflagra-mais-uma-fase-da-lava-jato-empresario-eike-batista-e-um/296408/ |title=PF deflagra mais uma fase da Lava Jato; empresário Eike Batista é um dos alvos |trans-title=Federal Police launch another phase of Operation Car Wash; businessman Eike Batista is one of the targets |date=2017-01-26 |publisher=Correio do Estado |accessdate=2019-12-19 }}</ref>

One of the topics of inquiry was the payment of a 16.5 million dollar bribe by [[Eike Batista]] and Flávio Godinho (already under arrest) of [[EBX Group]], to former governor [[Sergio Cabral]] of Rio de Janeiro using the Golden Rock account in Panama's TAG Bank. According to the Federal Public Secretary ({{lang|pt|Ministério Público Federal}}), the sum was requested by Cabral and Batista in 2010. According to the prosecutors, remittances were sent abroad by Cabral continuously between 2002 and 2007, reaching 6 million dollars. During his administration as governor, he collected more than 100 million reals (${{ToUSDr|100|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million) in bribes, distributed among several accounts in banks in [[tax havens]] abroad.<ref name="G1Rio-2017">{{cite web |lang=pt |url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/acao-para-prender-eike-e-mais-8-apura-lavagem-de-us-100-milhoes-no-exterior.ghtml |title=Ação para prender Eike e mais 8 apura ocultação de US$ 100 milhões no exterior |trans-title=The action to arrest Eike and 8 more turns up $100 million hidden abroad |author=G1 Rio |date=2017-01-26 |publisher=Globo.com |accessdate=2019-12-19 }}</ref>. At least eleven other accounts were identified.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |url=https://anoticiaeosfatos.com.br/2017/01/26/as-contas-de-sergio-cabral/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030420/https://anoticiaeosfatos.com.br/2017/01/26/as-contas-de-sergio-cabral/ |archive-date=2017-02-02 |title=As contas de Sérgio Cabral |trans-title=Sérgio Cabral's accounts |author=Silvan Magalhães |date=2017-01-26 |publisher=AN&F |accessdate=2019-12-19}}</ref>. The Federal Police served search and seizure warrants at about 40 addresses from those already arrested and others who gave testimony, and to companies investigated in that inquiry. According to the Federal Police, the Federal Public Prosecution Service has already repatriated about 270 million reals (${{ToUSDr|270|BRA|2017}} million), which are available to the Federal Court in an open account at [[Caixa Econômica Federal]]. The task force called for international cooperation to freeze and repatriate funds still hidden abroad.<ref name="G1Rio-2017" />

On February 2, 2017, the Federal Police conducted Operation Peddler ({{lang|pt|Mascate}}) in conjunction with the Federal Prosecutor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/pf-e-o-mp-fazem-operacao-para-cumprir-mandados-de-prisao-e-busca-e-apreensao.ghtml|title=PF e MPF fazem operação para prender operador ligado a Sérgio Cabral|work=G1|publisher= O Globo|date=February 2, 2017|language=pt|access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> It was an offshoot of Operation Calicute, one of the phases of Operation Car Wash.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-assessor especial de Sérgio Cabral é preso na Operação Mascate|trans-title=Former special advisor to Sergio Cabral is arrested in Operation Mascot|agency= Radioagência Nacional|publisher=EBC|date=2 February 2017|url=http://radioagencianacional.ebc.com.br/geral/audio/2017-02/ex-assessor-especial-de-sergio-cabral-e-preso-na-operacao-mascate|author=Karol Assunção|language=pt|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212144437/http://radioagencianacional.ebc.com.br/geral/audio/2017-02/ex-assessor-especial-de-sergio-cabral-e-preso-na-operacao-mascate |archivedate=2019-02-12 |access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> Ary Ferreira da Costa Filho, former special adviser to [[Sérgio Cabral]], was arrested on the Presidente Dutra Highway in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite web|last1= Serapião|first1=Fabio|last2=Macedo |first2=Fausto|last3= Coutinho|first3= Mateus|date=2 February 2017| title=Operação Mascate prende 'Arizinho', mais um operador do esquema de Cabral|publisher= O Estado de São Paulo|url=https://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/nova-fase-da-lava-jato-no-rio-mira-em-mais-um-operador-de-cabral/}}</ref> At his arrest, he was suspected of fleeing, having been found with three thousand reals (${{ToUSDr|3000|BRA|2017}}) and a copy of his US visa.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agente fazendário é preso pela PF na Operação Mascate|work=R7|publisher= Record |url=https://noticias.r7.com/rio-de-janeiro/videos/agente-fazendario-e-preso-pela-pf-na-operacao-mascate-03022017 | access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Deputado Federal Luiz Otávio.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Federal Senate|Senator]] Luiz Otávio in 2011.]]

On 16 February 2017, the Federal Police launched Operation Leviathan ({{lang-pt|[[:pt:Operação Leviatã|Operação Leviatã]]|label=none}}) to serve search and seizure warrants in the homes and offices of people being investigated for kickbacks in the construction of the [[Belo Monte dam|Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant]] in [[Pará]], based on evidence collected from Operation Car Wash. Among the targets of the operation were the former senator from [[Pará]] {{ill|Luiz Otávio (politician)|pt|Luiz Otávio Campos|lt=Luiz Otávio |vertical-align=sup}} ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement]]; PMDB) and the son of Senator [[Edison Lobão]] (PMDB-MA), Márcio Lobão. Minister [[Luiz Edson]] of the [[Supreme Federal Court]] issued the warrants for operation Leviathan. The searches were related to an inquiry underway at the Court to investigate payment by the Belo Monte consortium companies of a 1% bribe from the values of the plant's works to the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT) and the [[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] (PMDB). The operation focused on the part of the scheme that passed money on only to the PMDB because the PT's part, not involving persons having ''{{ill|Foro privilegiado|pt|Foro especial por prerrogativa de função|lt=foro privilegiado|vertical-align=sup}}''{{Efn|name="for-priv"}} status, is being processed in the Federal Court of Paraná.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palma |first1=Gabriel |last2=Oliveira |first2=Mariana |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/lava-jato-cumpre-mandados-de-busca-e-apreensao-no-df-rj-e-pa.ghtml |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217063143/http://g1.globo.com/politica/operacao-lava-jato/noticia/lava-jato-cumpre-mandados-de-busca-e-apreensao-no-df-rj-e-pa.ghtml |archivedate=2017-02-17|publisher=Globo|work=Política|lang=pt|date=16 February 2017 |title= Operação da PF faz buscas e apreensões em investigação sobre Belo Monte |trans-title=Federal Police operation serves search and seizure warrants in investigation into Belo Monte |accessdate=5 December 2019}}</ref>{{efn|'''...not involving persons having ''foro privilegiado''{{efn|name="for-priv"}} is being processed in... Paraná'''{{snd}}the point here being, that the operation is targeting one party and not the other, not for any discriminatory reason, but due to a jurisdictional one involving ''foro privilegiado'' status of the targets. People holding the office of Senator, like Otávio, have ''foro privilegiado'' under the Constitution of 1988 for actions carried out when they held that office, thus the jurisdiction in their case goes to the high court. The part of the case involving bribes involving the [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] (PT), apparently, didn't involve officials that high up, meaning they didn't have ''foro privilegiado'' status, and their case would have been under the jurisdiction of a lower court.}}

On March 14, 2017, the Federal Police launched Operation Tolypeutes against a bribery and money laundering scheme in civil works contracts in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in particular in the construction of the [[Rio de Janeiro Metro Line 4]]. The targets of the operation were Heitor Lopes de Sousa Junior and Luiz Carlos Velloso, who were arrested. The action targeted the payment of bribes on contracts for the metro line. The new phase of Operation Car Wash was opened in conjunction with the [[Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil)|Public Prosecutor's Office]] and [[Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil|Federal Revenue]]. Forty federal police officers served two pre-trial detention warrants, 13 arrest warrants and three ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants issued by the 7th Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro, in the municipalities of Rio and [[Sapucaia, Rio de Janeiro|Sapucaia]]. Investigations demonstrated the participation of the former Under Secretary of Transport of the [[State of Rio de Janeiro]] and of the director of the Rio de Janeiro Rail Transport Company (Riotrilhos) in the criminal enterprise, which sought out contractors interested in taking on infrastructure construction in the state, who would agree to {{clarify|text=charging|reason='cobrar' in the original can mean 'charge' or 'collect'.|date=December 2019}} {{clarify|text=undue advantages|reason=It's clear what the legal term means, but it's not clear what form this took: were they padding invoices and getting kickbacks? Upfront bribes?|date=December 2019}}{{efn |name="vant-indev" }} in order to guarantee being hired for the services.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/pf-deflagra-desdobramento-da-lava-jato-no-rio/ |website=O Estado de São Paulo |date=14 March 2017 |title=PF deflagra Tolypeutes e mira em propina nas obras da Linha 4 do Metrô do Rio |trans-title=Police launch Operation Tolypeutes targeting bribes of Rio Metro Line 4 |accessdate= 15 December 2019}}</ref>

On March 21, 2017, the Federal Police launched Operation Satellite serving fourteen warrants at thirteen addresses in the cities of [[Brasilia]], [[Maceió]], [[Recife]], [[Rio de Janeiro (city)|Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Salvador (Bahia)|Salvador]]. The objective was to investigate evidence of active and passive corruption and money laundering crimes involving nonpolitical targets, but linked to senators [[Renan Calheiros]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement]]-[[Alagoas]]), [[Brazilian Senate|Senate]] president [[Eunício Oliveira]] (Brazilian Democratic Movement-[[Ceará]]), [[Valdir Raupp]] (Brazilian Democratic Movement-[[Rondônia]]) and [[Humberto Costa]] ([[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]]-[[Pernambuco]]). It was the first time information from the [[Odebrecht–Car Wash plea bargain agreements|Odebrecht plea bargain agreement]] was used. This is the {{clarify |text=7th phase of Operation Car Wash, |reason=The 7th phase was Operation Doomsday from 2015; not clear what they mean, here. |post-text=; see [[Draft:Operation Car Wash investigation phases#7|Phase 7]]}} which investigated the involvement of people with ''{{ill|Foro privilegiado|pt|Foro especial por prerrogativa de função|lt=foro privilegiado|vertical-align=sup}}''{{Efn|name="for-priv"}} status, before the [[Supreme Federal Court]].<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |author=UOL<!--staff writers of UOL, no individual byline--> |url= https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-noticias/2017/03/21/pf-deflagra-nova-fase-da-operacao-lava-jato.htm |website=UOL |location=São Paulo |date=March 21, 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2019 |title=Nova fase da Lava Jato mira suspeitos ligados a senadores do PMDB e PT |trans-title=New phase of Car Wash targets suspects linked to senators of the Brazilian Democratic Movement and Worker's Party}}</ref>

On 29 March 2017, the Federal Police launched Operation {{lang-pt|O Quinto do Ouro|label=none}} ("The Fifth of Gold") targeting the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Auditors. The ''{{ill|delação premiada|pt||vertical-align=sup}}''{{efn|name="Del-prem"}} (literally, "rewarded whistleblowing" or, "informing") of former chairman Jonas Lopes de Carvalho Junior led to action against five board members in at least two [[kickback (bribery)|kickback]] schemes to turn a blind eye to irregularities committed by contractors and bus companies operating in the state. Aloysio Neves (current president){{Clarify timeframe|date=December 2019}} was the target of pre-trial detention; as were {{ill|Domingos Brazão|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|José Gomes Graciosa|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, Marco Antonio Alencar, son of former governor of Rio de Janeiro and former mayor of Rio de Janeiro [[Marcello Alencar]], and José Maurício Nolasco. The president of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj), Jorge Picciani ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement]]; [[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]]), was already the target of a ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrant. Besides the assistance provided to the investigation via the ''delação premiada'' plea agreement of ex-president of the Rio TCE{{efn|name=TCE}}, the operation was supported by another ''delação premiada'' with his son; the two plea agreements having been recently{{timeframe|date=December 2019}} approved by the minister of the [[Superior Court of Justice (Brazil)|Superior Court of Justice]] (STJ),{{efn|name=STJ}} Felix Fischer, who authorized the arrest warrants and ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/o-quinto-do-ouro-forca-tarefa-manda-prender-cinco-dos-sete-conselheiros-do-tce-rj-mira-jorge-picciani-21128038 |website=O Globo |date=2017-03-29 |title='O quinto do ouro': Força-Tarefa manda prender cinco dos sete conselheiros do TCE-RJ e mira Jorge Picciani |trans-title='The Fifth of Gold': Task Force has five of the seven TCE-RJ advisors arrested and targets Jorge Picciani |accessdate=2017-03-29}}</ref> According to the accusation of one of the counselors, the state president and deputy of the [[Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro]], {{ill|Jorge Picciani|pt|vertical-align=sup}} (MDB), is suspected of organizing payments to the five TCE advisers arrested in the operation. Members of the Court received 15% of the amounts released by the court's Modernization Fund for payment of overdue bills from food providers for inmates and adolescents undergoing detention measures. Picciani also organized {{ill|Fetranspor|pt|Federação das Empresas de Transportes de Passageiros do Estado do Rio de Janeiro|vertical-align=sup}}'s{{efn|name=Fetranspor}} payment of illicit amounts to the TCE to favor transport companies in court oversight.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/picciani-suspeito-de-organizar-pagamentos-conselheiros-do-tce-21134301 |work=O Globo |date=2017-03-30 |title=Picciani é suspeito de organizar pagamentos a conselheiros do TCE |trans-title=Picciani suspected of arranging payments to TCE advisers |accessdate=2017-03-30 }}</ref>

On April 11, 2017, the Federal Police launched Operation Exposed Invoice ({{lang|pt|Fatura Exposta}}), which placed the former Secretary of Health of the State of Rio de Janeiro {{ill|Sérgio Côrtes|pt|vertical-align=sup}} under arrest, accused of involvement in the millionaire corruption scheme run by the former state governor {{ill|Sérgio Cabral|pt||de||eo|vertical-align=sup}}. The scheme revealed involved fraud at both the State Health Secretariat and the {{ill|National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics|pt|Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia|vertical-align=sup}} (INTO), of which Côrtes was director, with the directing of bids in exchange for payment of bribes. In addition to the former secretary, two businessmen accused of involvement in the scandal were also arrested. The Federal Police reported that a total of three warrants for pre-trial detention, 20 warrants for search and seizure and three for ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants, by the 7th Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro and that those involved will be held accountable for passive{{efn|name="pass-corr"}} and active corruption,{{efn|name="act-corr"}} money laundering and criminal organization. The operation had the collaboration of a whistleblower who worked with Côrtes in the respective bodies of the Health Department and that the deviations coud reach 37 million reals (${{ToUSDr|37|BRA|2017}} million).<ref>{{cite web |language=pt |last1=Mendonça |first1=Alba Valéria |last2=Rouvenat |first2=Fernanda |title=PF prende ex-secretário de Cabral por suspeita de fraude em licitação e corrupção |trans-title=Federal Police arrest former Cabral secretary on suspicion of bid rigging and corruption |url=http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/policia-faz-operacao-para-cumprir-mandados-de-prisao-em-nova-fase-da-lava-jato-no-rj.ghtml |date=11 April 2017 |website=G1 |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>

On April 27, 2017, the Federal Police launched the second phase of [[#Operation Satellites|Operation Satellites]], which targeted people linked to politicians who were under investigation by the [[Supreme Federal Court]]. (STF). The action only served search and seizure warrants and was supported by information from the [[Odebrecht–Car Wash plea bargain agreements]]. One of the targets of the Federal Police action was attorney Bruno Mendes, linked to Senator [[Renan Calheiros]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement]]). The Mendes law practice was subjected to search and seizure warrants.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |author=Staff<!--byline lists 'Da redação'--> |title=PF deflagra nova fase da Lava Jato, autorizada pelo STF |trans-title=Federal Police launch new phase of Car Wash, authorized by Supreme Tribunal |url= https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/pf-deflagra-nova-fase-da-lava-jato-autorizada-pelo-stf/ |website=Veja |date=27 April 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2020}}</ref> Moreover, the investigations highlighted the trafficking practiced by characters surrounding other politicians of the [[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] (PMDB) in Alagoas, Tocantins, Maranhão, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe and Roraima. Among the targets was attorney Amaury Cezar Piccolo, identified as being close to [[José Sarney]]. People connected to [[Romero Jucá]] and [[Garibaldi Alves]] were also on the list of judicial warrants served earlier.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |last=Mascarenhas |first=Gabriel |title=Operação da PF atinge o coração do PMDB: Renan, Sarney e Jucá |trans-title=Federal Police operation reaches the heart of PMDB: Renan, Sarney and Jucá |url= http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/radar-on-line/operacao-da-pf-atinge-o-coracao-do-pmdb-renan-sarney-e-juca/ |website=Veja Abril |date=27 April 2017 |accessdate=14 January 2020}}</ref>

On 18 May 2017, the Federal Police and the Federal Public Prosecution Service carried out search and seizure warrants at properties linked to Senator [[Aécio Neves]] in Rio de Janeiro, the Federal District and [[Minas Gerais]], and at his office in Congress. The agents also served an arrest warrant for his sister, Andrea Neves, at her home. The warrants were issued by Minister [[Edson Fachin]] as a result of testimony given by brothers [[Joesley Batista|Joesley]] and [[Wesley Batista]], owners of [[JBS S.A.]], in return for prosecutorial leniency. Fachin also ordered the senator's seat in the Senate revoked. The operation served an warrant of pre-trial detention against [[Eduardo Cunha]] (PMDB-RJ), in the Medical-Penal Complex (CMP) in [[Curitiba]] where he is serving a sentence for his conviction in [[Operation Car Wash]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/pf-e-mpf-fazem-operacao-em-mais-uma-etapa-da-lava-jato-no-rio.ghtml |publisher=Globo |work=G1 |date= 18 May 2017 |title= PF e MPF cumprem mandados em endereços ligados a Aécio Neves no Rio |access-date= 18 May 2017 }}</ref>

In 2017 Aécio appeared again in other whistle-blowing agreements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,lula-aecio-e-temer-sao-os-mais-criticados-nas-redes-sociais-apos-lista-de-fachin,70001737778|title=Lula, Aécio e Temer são os mais criticados nas redes sociais após lista de Fachin|trans-title=Lula, Aécio and Temer are the most cited in social networks after the list of Fachin [whistle-blowing agreement]|language=Portuguese|work=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=13 April 2017|first=Bruno|last=Capelas}}</ref> The executives said JBS paid Neves 80 million reals (${{ToUSDr|80|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million) in illegal campaign funding as well as two million more recently to support a new "abuse of authority" law to make it easier for suspects and defendants to sue investigators, prosecutors and judges.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/national/brazil-plea-bargain-testimony-president-4-6-million-bribes-article-1.3178044|title=Brazil plea-bargain testimony says president took $4.6 million in bribes|work=New York Daily News|agency=Reuters|date=2017}}</ref> Neves was recorded asking for the 2 million reals (${{ToUSDr|2|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million) from Joesley Batista, chairman of meatpacking company JBS SA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/brazilian-senator-aecio-neves-received-r2-million-from-jbs/|title=Brazilian Senator Aecio Neves Received R$2 Million From JBS|author=Lise Alves|date=May 18, 2017}}</ref> Batista told the authorities that Neves implied that the money would be used to pay for his defence in the Lava Jato (Carwash) investigations but the money never went to his lawyers. Instead, part of the money, received by the senator's cousin,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/18/brazil-explosive-recordings-implicate-president-michel-temer-in-bribery|title=Brazil: explosive recordings implicate President Michel Temer in bribery|author=Jonathan Watts|date=18 May 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> ended up in a company owned by [[Zezé Perrella]], an old friend of Aécio who was also implicated in the biggest drug traffic scandal in Brazilian History.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11163376|title=Cocaine seized from Brazil senator's sons' chopper|date=27 November 2013|work=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-neves-idUSKCN18E1H3?il=0|title=Brazil police searches Rio apartment owned by senator: source|author=Ricardo Moraes|work=[[Reuters]]|date=May 18, 2017}}</ref>

On 25 May 2017, the Federal Police and the Federal Public Ministry launched an operation, called Back on Track ({{lang|pt|Operação de Volta aos Trilhos}}), against money laundering involving bribes in the construction of the {{ill|North-South railway |pt|Ferrovia Norte-Sul |de|Ferrovia Norte-Sul |vertical-align=sup}}. According to the authorities, the operation has carried out two temporary arrests, seven search and seizure warrants and four ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants in [[Goiás]] and [[Mato Grosso]]. The operation was based on {{lang|pt|colaboração premiada}}{{efn|name="Col-prem"}} agreements between the Public Ministry and the civil engineering conglomerates Camargo Corrêa and Andrade Gutierrez, who admitted they paid bribes to Juquinha das Nevez, former president of Valec. Furthermore, the operation was based on investigations by the Federal Police, which discovered the identification and location of part of the illicit assets kept hidden in the name of others.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://g1.globo.com/goias/noticia/operacao-combate-lavagem-de-dinheiro-decorrente-de-propina-na-ferrovia-norte-sul.ghtml |publisher= Globo |date= 25 May 2017 |accessdate= 25 May 2017 | work=G1 | title=Operação combate lavagem de dinheiro decorrente de propina em obras da ferrovia Norte-Sul}}</ref>

On June 1, 2017, Federal Police agents arrested businessman Marco Antônio de Luca, linked to the food companies "Masan", and "Milano", which belong to the same family group and are among the main suppliers of food and snacks to the State of Rio de Janeiro. Search and seizure warrants were also served at several addresses in another offshoot of Operation Car Wash in the state. Masan had several food supply contracts with the government of the state of Rio de Janeiro and received about R$ 700 million (${{ToUSDr|700|BRA|2017}} million) over the previous ten years. During the current governor's administration alone [[Luiz Fernando Pezão]] the amount reached R$ 200 million (${{ToUSDr|200|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million). According to investigations, Marco de Luca paid at least R$12.5 million (${{ToUSDr|12.5|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million) in kickbacks to the criminal organization led by Cabral to win these contracts. Hospital, school and prison feeding contracts were investigated.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |author=G1 Rio |title=PF cumpre mandado de prisão contra fornecedor de merenda e comida para presídios do RJ |trans-title=Federal Police serve warrant of arrest against supplier of snacks and food for Rio prisons |website=G1 |url=http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/a-policia-federal-cumpre-mandado-de-prisao-nesta-quinta-no-rj.ghtml |publisher=Globo |date=1 June 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref> MPF said it would also investigate the [[Rio de Janeiro Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games|Rio-2016 Organizing Committee]] and its contracts with Masan. Rio-2016 signed at least six contracts with the company in the areas of conservation, cleaning, waste management, food and hospitality.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |author=G1 Rio |title=MPF vai investigar contratos da Rio-2016 com empresário preso na Lava-Jato |trans-title=MPF will investigate Rio-2016 contracts with businessman arrested in Operation Car Wash |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/mpf-vai-investigar-contratos-da-rio-2016-com-empresario-preso-na-lava-jato-21422454 |publisher=Globo |date=1 June 2017 |accessdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>

On June 1, 2017, the [[Federal Police]] carried out Operation Hidden Figure, to investigate electoral crimes and money laundering during the [[2012 Brazilian municipal elections|2012 campaign]] of [[Fernando Haddad]] for Mayor of São Paulo. It is one of the offshoots of [[Operation Car Wash]], which began in 2015, after the Supreme Federal Court {{clarify inline |text=spun off|reason=Original: "depois de o STF ter desmembrado a Delação premiada" |post-text=See [[:pt:Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato#Operação Cifra Oculta|original]]. |date=January 2020}} the plea deal ({{lang|pt|delação premiada}}{{efn|name="Del-prem"}}) of executives of the company {{ill|UTC Engenharia|pt|vertical-align=sup}}. The inquest examined the payment of debts by the contractor related to one of the slates of candidates in the campaign for the 2012 São Paulo municipal elections, regarding graphic services in the amount of R$ 2.6 million (${{ToUSDr|2600|BRA|2017}} thousand). According to the Police, the debt was allegedly paid through a money exchanger ({{lang|pt|doleiro}}{{efn|name="doleiro"}}) in bank transfers and cash, to companies. A company mentioned in the list appears as a service provider, with reported amounts of R$ 354,450 ((${{ToUSDr|354450|BRA|2017}}). However, in the accountability to [[Superior Electoral Court]] (TSE), another contract for provision of graphic services amounted to R$ 252,900 (${{ToUSDr|252900|BRA|2017}}), amounts well below the sum of R$ 2,600,000 (${{ToUSDr|2600000|BRA|2017}}), which were allegedly paid by contractor UTC Engineering to the printers.<ref name=Tavares-2017>{{cite web |lang=pt |last=Tavares |first=Bruno |title=PF faz operação contra suposto crime eleitoral em campanha de Haddad de 2012 |trans-title=Federal Police carry out operation against alleged electoral crime in Haddad campaign of 2012 |url=https://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/noticia/policia-federal-cumprem-mandados-em-operacao-contra-crimes-eleitorais.ghtml |date=1 June 2017 |website=G1 |publisher=Globo |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=24 January 2019}}</ref>

[[Image: Henrique Eduardo Alves.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[Henrique Eduardo Alves | Henrique Alves]] was arrested in {{ill|Operation Manus|pt|vertical-align=sup}}]]

On 6 June 2017, the [[Federal Police of Brazil | Federal Police]] arrested former Minister of Tourism [[Henrique Eduardo Alves]]. Former Deputy [[Eduardo Cunha]], already in prison in [[Curitiba]], was the target of a new warrant. Both men are from the PMDB and had been president of the Chamber of Deputies. The operation investigated active and passive corruption{{efn|name="pass-corr"}} and [[money laundering]] in the construction of [[Arena das Dunas]] in [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte]] with a surcharge that reached $ 77 million.{{what |verify that this is Brazilian currency}} Thirty-three warrants were served, five for pre-trial detention, six ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants and 22 for search and seizure in [[Rio Grande do Norte]] and [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]]. According to the Federal Police, bribes were identified through official donations between 2012 and 2014, as well as donations to the 2014 campaign for personal benefit. <ref>{{cite news | trans-title=Former Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves arrested in Federal Police operation | newspaper=G1 |title=Ex-ministro Henrique Eduardo Alves é preso em operação da PF | url=http://g1.globo.com/rn/rio-grande-do-norte/noticia/ex-ministro-henrique-eduardo-alves-e-alvo-de-prisoner.ghtml}} </ref>

On June 8, 2017, the [[Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro State]] (PCERJ) performed a major operation to investigate crimes of corruption and money laundering in the regional power utility [[Eletrobrás Furnas]]. Twenty-five search and seizure warrants were served at the company's headquarters in Botafogo and at other addresses involving management positions at companies contracted by the utility. Another eight search and seizure warrants were served in São Paulo. In addition, there were two ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrants, one of which was against former director Dimas Fernando Toledo. The operation is an offshoot of Operation Car Wash which grew out of the report of [[Delcídio Amaral]]. In Rio de Janeiro, the operation was coordinated by the Finance Police ({{lang|pt|Delegacia Fazendária (Delfaz)}}{{efn|name="del-esp"}}), with the support of fifteen specialized precincts of the DGPE,{{efn|name="del-esp"}} the Anticorruption Coordination Unit of the Laboratory for Technology and Money Laundering of PCERJ, and the {{ill|Civil Police of the State of São Paulo|pt|Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo|vertical-align=sup}}.<ref name="Glob-2017">{{cite web |language=pt |author=O Globo |title=Polícia Civil desencadeia operação que investiga corrupção em Furnas com base na delação de Delcídio Amaral |trans-title=Civil Police launch operation investigating corruption in Furnas based on Delcídio Amaral's indictment |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/policia-civil-desencadeia-operacao-que-investiga-corrupcao-em-furnas-com-base-na-delacao-de-delcidio-amaral-21449996 |website=O Globo |date=8 June 2017 |publisher= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>

On July 3, 2017, a new operation (End Point; {{lang|pt|Ponto Final}}) served nine pre-trial and three temporary arrest warrants, as well as 30 search and seizure warrants against the Rio de Janeiro state road transport leadership. The action was based on the depositions, in return for sentence reduction, of former State Court of Justice Jonas Lopes de Carvalho Filho,<ref>https://www.tce.rj.gov.br/jonas-lopes-de-carvalho-junior</ref> and money changer and operator Álvaro Novis from Operation Efficiency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2018-08/propina-saia-de-empresas-de-onibus-desde-os-anos-90-diz-delator|title=Propina saía de empresas de ônibus desde os anos 90, diz delator| date=August 23, 2018|author=Vinícius Lisboa |agency=Agência Brasil|publisher=EBC}}</ref> Lopes had been sentenced to seven years of house arrest, community service and probation as part of [[#Operation Fifth of Gold|Operation Fifth of Gold]], in which five of seven ministers of the {{ill|Tribunal de Contas da Tribunal do Estado|pt|vertical-align=sup}} (TCE) were charged with corruption.<ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Jonas Lopes is sentenced to 7 years in prison |author=Marcelo Gomes |publisher=O Globo |work=G1 | date=June 22, 2018 |title=Jonas Lopes é condenado a 7 anos de prisão |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/jonas-lopes-e-condenado-a-7-anos-de-prisao.ghtml}}</ref>

The operation investigated bribes from bus entrepreneurs to politicians and transport inspectors in Rio de Janeiro, pointing out that former governor [[Sérgio Cabral]] received $ 122.85 million through his right hand operative, {{as written|Carlos Miranda|reason=english wiki article is for a Chilean singer-actor, do not link}}. On 13 June 2017, he was sentenced to 14 years and two months of imprisonment for passive corruption and money laundering.<ref>https://g1.globo.com/pr/parana/noticia/sergio-cabral-e-condenado-a-14-anos-e-dois-meses-por-corrupcao-e-avagem-de-dinheiro.ghtml</ref> On 20 September 2017 he was sentenced to an additional 45 years imprisonment for embezzlement. In total,{{what|clarify if total is for Cabral or for all recipients}} around R$ 260 million were paid in bribes in exchange for benefits to bus companies, such as approval for "fare adjustments".<ref name=e>{{cite web |url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2019-03/ex-presidente-do-detro-nega-ter-recebido-propina-de-empresas-de-onibus |author=Vladimir Platonow |agency=Agência Brasil |publisher=EBC |trans-title=Detro's former president denies receiving bribes from bus companies |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=December 23, 2019 |title=Ex-presidente do Detro nega ter recebido propina de empresas de ônibus |language=pt}}</ref>Also arrested were Lélis Teixeira, president of the Federation of Passenger Transport Companies of the State of Rio de Janeiro ({{ill|Fetransport|pt|vertical-align=sup}}{{efn|name=Fetranspor}}), Rogério Onofre, former president of the Department of Road Transport of Rio de Janeiro (DETRO) and the entrepreneur heading the {{ill|Grupo Guanabara|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, {{ill|Jacob Barata|pt|vertical-align=sup}}. Known as "King of the Bus", Barata, one of Rio de Janeiro's biggest bus operators, was arrested at [[Rio_de_Janeiro–Galeão_International_Airport|Tom Jobim International Airport]] as he tried to board a plane to Lisbon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/cabral-recebeu-r-122-milhoes-de-propina-de-empresas-de-onibus-diz-denuncia-da-lava-jato.ghtml |title=Cabral Recebeu R$122 milhões de propina de empresas de ônibus, diz MPF |publisher= O Globo |work=G1 | author=Arthur Guimarães |date=July 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name=g /> Onofre was released in August 2017 by Gilmar Mendes. Bretas arrested him again and he spent 14 months in jail until his release by Bretas in September 2018 with an ankle monitor and instructions not to leave [[Paraíba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro|Paraíba do Sul]], where he was mayor.<ref name=e /> In total, the action resulted in the arrest of 10 people linked to public transport in the state for embezzling about R$ 500 million at the behest of the former governor.<ref name=g>{{cite web|title=PF cumpre novos mandados na operação contra desvios no transporte público do RJ | publisher=O Globo |work= G1 |url=https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/policia-federal-realiza-desdobramento-da-operacao-ponto-final-na-manha-desta-quarta-no-rio.ghtml |author=Arthur Guimarães |date=July 5, 2017 |accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref> On July 5, 2017, PF agents served one {{ill|condução coercitiva|pt|vertical-align=sup}} warrant and three for search and seizure.<ref name=g/>

==== Operation Rio 40 Degrees ====

On August 3, 2017, the Federal Police carried out a new operation called Rio 40 Degrees{{efn|'''Rio 40 Degrees'''{{snd}}The title refers to the 1956 film (''[[Rio, 40 Graus]]'') (lit. Rio, 40 Degrees; released in English under the title "Rio, 100 Degrees F.") by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. Another of Santos's films (Vidas Secas&ndash;Barren Lives) furnished the name for another operation.}} that resulted in the arrest of Alexandre Pinto, former municipal Secretary of Public Works for the city of Rio de Janeiro in the administration of Eduardo Paes. The agents served ten arrest warrants, nine of which were in Rio de Janeiro and one in Pernambuco, where the arrest of Laudo Aparecido Dalla Costa Ziani, son-in-law of the former deputy {{ill|Pedro Corrêa (Brazilian politician)|pt|Pedro Corrêa|lt=Pedro Corrêa|vertical-align=sup}}, was confirmed. There was also a ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrant in São Paulo. This new phase of Car Wash reached city hall through contract investigations in the administration of Paes. The MPF prosecutors are based on the corruption complaint against the contractor Carioca Engenharia, involving payment of kickbacks and diversion of funds in the construction of the bus corridor [[Transcarioca]], which cost R$ 2 billion (${{ToUSDr|2000|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million), and the drainage of streams in the Basin of [[Jacarepaguá]]. The operation reached Rio City Hall because it began to investigate not only the criminal organization that, according to investigators, was headed by former governor Sérgio Cabral, but also the criminal organization that had links with the [[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] (PMDB) throughout the state of Rio de Janeiro. Among the targets of the action were lobbyists and city hall inspectors responsible for the construction. This was the first time that the Rio branch of the Operation Car Wash investigations reached the municipal sector.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Guimarães |first1=Arthur |last2=Leitão |first2=Leslie |title=Ex-secretário de obras de Eduardo Paes é preso em mais um desmembramento da Lava Jato no Rio |trans-title=Eduardo Paes' former Public Works secretary is arrested in another spinoff of Operation Car Wash in Rio |website=G1 |url= http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/pf-cumpre-mandados-em-mais-um-desmembramento-da-lava-jato-no-rio.ghtml |publisher=Globo |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>

On 5 September 2017, the Federal Police and the [[Public Prosecutor's Office (Brazil)|Federal Public Prosecution Service]] carried out an operation to investigate a vote-buying scheme for the election of Rio de Janeiro as host of the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympic Games]]. The operation involved bribes for Rio de Janeiro government contracts. Two preventive arrest warrants and eleven search and seizure warrants were served in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, [[Nova Iguaçu]] (RJ) and Paris, France. The operation involved international cooperation with France and the United States. One of the targets of search and seizure was the president of the [[Brazilian Olympic Committee]] (COB), [[Carlos Arthur Nuzman]], investigated for allegedly paying a bribe of US$ 1.5 million. Bribes were paid in cash, dummy contracts, personal expenses, and money transfer. Those arrested were investigated for corruption, [[money laundering]] and [[organized crime]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lava Jato investiga compra de votos da Rio-2016 e mira Nuzman|work=Veja|url= http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/lava-jato-investiga-escolha-do-rio-como-sede-da-olimpiada/}}</ref>

On 5 October, in the second phase of Operation Unfair Play, Nuzman was arrested by the Federal Police.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Nuzman e ex-diretor de Comitê Olímpíco são presos por suspeita de fraude na escolha da Rio 2016 |publisher=Globo |website=G1 |url= https://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/pf-esta-nas-ruas-do-rj-para-cumprir-mandados-de-prisao.ghtml}}</ref> According to the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF), Nuzman attempted to regularize 16 one-kilo gold bars after the first phase of the operation.<ref name=A /> Also according to the MPF, over ten years Nuzman's equity grew 457 percent, part of this money going to an offshore [[tax haven]] in the [[British Virgin Islands]].<ref name=A /> Lawyer Nélio Machado, who represents Nuzman, said the arrest "is a harsh measure and is not usual within due process."<ref name=A>{{cite news |url= http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/pf-termina-de-contar-dinheiro-do-bunker-de-geddel-r51-milhoes/ |publisher= Abril |work= Veja |date= 6 September 2017 |title=PF termina de contar dinheiro do 'bunker' de Geddel: R$51 milhões |access-date= 6 September 2017}}</ref>

On 5 September 2017, Federal Police carried out the Lost Treasure Operation. It represented the second phase of [[#Operation Cui Bono?|Cui Bono?]], which was an offshoot of [[#Operation Catiline Orations|Catiline Orations]]. The target of the operation was an apartment connected to [[Geddel Vieira Lima]]. In the operation more than 51 million reals (${{ToUSDr|51|BRA|2017}} million) were seized in bags and boxes.<ref name="iG">{{cite web |url=http://odia.ig.com.br/brasil/2017-09-06/pf-contabiliza-r-51-milhoes-no-bunker-de-geddel.html |publisher=iG |work=O Dia |date=6 September 2017|title=PF contabiliza R$ 51 milhões no 'bunker de Geddel' |trans-title=Federal Police accounts for R$ 51 million in Geddel's bunker |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221551/https://odia.ig.com.br/brasil/2017-09-06/pf-contabiliza-r-51-milhoes-no-bunker-de-geddel.html |archivedate=2018-11-26 |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/coluna-do-estadao/pf-acha-bunker-onde-geddel-escondia-propina/ |publisher=O Estado de São Paulo |work=Estadão |date=5 September 2017 |accessdate=7 September 2017 |title=PF acha bunker onde Geddel escondia propina |trans-title=PF finds bunker where Geddel hid kickback |first=Andreza |last=Matias |first2=Marcelo |last2=de Moraes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/policia-federal-encontra-local-onde-geddel-escondia-propina/ |publisher=Abril |work=Veja |date=6 September 2017 |accessdate=7 September 2017 |title=Polícia Federal encontra local onde Geddel escondia propina |trans-title=Federal Police find place where Geddel was hiding kickback}}</ref>

The operation was authorized by [[federal judge]] {{ill|Vallisney de Souza Oliveira|pt|Vallisney de Souza Oliveira|vertical-align=sup}}, who commands Operation Lava Jato in the [[Federal District]].<ref name="iG"/> The [[Federal Police]] used seven machines to count the money and it took fourteen hours to complete the count.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infomoney.com.br/mercados/politica/noticia/6933767/maquinas-horas-milhoes-operacao-maior-apreensao-dinheiro-historia |work=InfoMoney |date=6 September 2017 |accessdate=7 September 2017 |title=7 máquinas, 14 horas e R$ 51 milhões: a operação da PF na maior apreensão de dinheiro da história |trans-title=7 machines, 14 hours and R$ 51 million: PF's operation in the biggest money seizure in history |first=Rodrigo |last=Tolotti}}</ref><ref name=globo-51>{{cite web |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/pf-levou-14-horas-para-contar-os-51-milhoes-achados-em-bunker-que-seria-de-geddel-21791443 |publisher=Globo |work=O Globo |accessdate=7 September 2017 |trans-title=It took PF 14 hours to count the R$ 51 million found in Geddel's bunker |title=PF levou 14 horas para contar os R$ 51 milhões achados em 'bunker' que seria de Geddel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/pf-usou-7-maquinas-e-levou-14-horas-para-contar-r-51-mi-do-bunker-de-geddel/ |publisher=O Estado de São Paulo |work=Estadão |date=6 September 2017 |accessdate=7 September 2017 |trans-title=PF used 7 machines and took 14 hours to count R$ 51M from Geddel's bunker |title=PF usou 7 máquinas e levou 14 horas para contar R$ 51 mi do bunker de Geddel |first=Julia |last=Affonso |first2=Fábio |last2=Serapião}}</ref>

It was the biggest cash seizure in the history of the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/acabou-a-contagem-r-51-milhoes-no-bunker-de-geddel/ |publisher=O Estado de São Paulo |work=Estadão |date=6 September 2017 |accessdate=7 September 2017 |trans-title=The count is over: R$ 51 million in Geddel's bunker |title=Acabou a contagem: R$ 51 milhões no bunker de Geddel |first =Julia |last=Affonso |first2=Fausto |last2=Macedo |first3=Fabio |last3=Serapião |first4=Fabio |last4=Fabrini}}</ref><ref name=globo-51 />

On November 14, 2017, a new operation resulted in the issuing of a ''[[condução coercitiva]]''{{Efn|name="cc"}} warrant to state congressman {{ill|Jorge Picciani|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, president of the [[Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro]] (Alerj).<ref>{{Cite web |lang=pt |last=Mattos |first=Gabriela |trans-title=Car Wash: Picciani compelled to appear in deposition at Federal Police HQ |title=Lava Jato: Picciani é levado coercitivamente para depor na sede da PF |url= http://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2017-11-14/pf-cumpre-mandados-de-prisao-contra-filho-de-picciani-e-jacob-barata-filho.html |date=2017-11-14 |website=O Dia |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221542/http://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2017-11-14/pf-cumpre-mandados-de-prisao-contra-filho-de-picciani-e-jacob-barata-filho.html |archivedate=2018-11-26 |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> His arrest was decreed by the criminal section of the [[Federal Regional Court]] on 16 November 2017, for using his presidency of the Assembly for the practice of corruption, [[criminal association]], money laundering and tax evasion. In concert with {{ill|Edson Albertassi|pt|vertical-align=sup}} and [[Paulo Melo]], he is suspected of favoring the interests of businessmen in the state, including representatives of the public transport sector and contractors, in exchange for a bribe.<ref>{{cite web |author=G1 Rio |title=Jorge Picciani, Paulo Melo e Albertassi são transferidos para Cadeia Pública de Benfica |trans-title=Jorge Picciani, Paulo Melo and Albertassi transferred to Benfica Public Prison |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/jorge-picciani-paulo-melo-e-albertassi-sao-transferidos-para-cadeia.ghtml |date= 16 November 2017 |website=G1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420220726/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/jorge-picciani-paulo-melo-e-albertassi-sao-transferidos-para-cadeia.ghtml |archivedate=2019-04-20 |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>

On November 23, 2017, in a new offshoot of Operation Car Wash, Federal Police agents in Rio arrested former secretary of the Rio de Janeiro State Civil House{{what}} {{ill|Regis Fichtner Velasco|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, suspected of receiving at least $R1.6 million in bribes He was arrested during Operation C'est fini, accused of receiving 1.6 million reals (${{ToUSDr|1600000|BRA|2017}}) of bribes linked to the former Rio Governor's corruption schemes. Businessmen and engineers linked to the organization of former governor [[Sérgio Cabral]] were also arrested in the operation. Investigations indicated that, while commanding the secretary of the Civil House{{what|see question on talk page about his title}}, Fitchtner Velasco authorized the validation of court orders as a way to offset {{ill|Imposto Sobre Operações Relativas à Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços de Transporte Interestadual de Intermunicipal e de Comunicações|pt|vertical-align=sup}} (ICMS) debts to state debtors. He was allegedly also active in buying bonded securities that were awaiting payment, so that he profited from the premium paid by those who preferred cash before the lawsuit{{what|lawsuit does not seem to go with "bonded securities, which I had been reading as "bond"}} ended.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lava-Jato prende ex-secretário Régis Fichtner e empresário Georges Sadala|lang=pt|first=Chico |last=Otavio |first2=Daniel |last2=Biasetto|work=O Globo|date=23 November 2017|access-date=23 November 2017|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/lava-jato-prende-ex-secretario-regis-fichtner-empresario-georges-sadala-22102194}}</ref>

On December 11, 2017, the Federal Government, the MPF and the Internal Revenue Service launched operation Baixo Augusta{{efn|name=BA|'''''Baixo Augusta'''''{{snd}}Named after the São Paulo neighborhood of the same name, located in the [[:pt:Cerqueira César (bairro de São Paulo)|Cerqueira César]] district of the city.}} to investigate the payment of R$ 160 million (${{ToUSDr|160|BRA|2017}} million) in bribes to a tax auditor over 14 years to speed up the release of R$ 2 billion {${{ToUSDr|2000|BRA|2017|sf=2}} million) in tax credits to the meat-processing giant [[JBS S.A.]], wholly owned by brothers [[Joesley Batista]] and [[Wesley Batista]]. The auditor was {{clarify inline |text=removed by the court|reason=Original: "O auditor foi afastado judicialmente". Is this "forced out" of the company by the judiciary?}} and eight individuals and companies had their assets frozen on suspicion of involvement in the scheme. In all, 14 search and seizure warrants were served in the operation. Investigations showed that the tax auditor received large amounts of money to illicitly expedite the release of funds that the company allegedly received from the [[Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil|Department of Federal Revenue]] as tax credits. According to the Federal Police, there are indications that the corruption scheme went on for more than a decade, from 2004 to 2017, and transactions took place via front companies and the issuance of fake receipts.<ref>{{cite web |author=G1 SP |title=Operação da Polícia Federal investiga suposta propina da JBS a fiscal da Receita |trans-title=Federal Police operation investigates alleged bribery of tax inspector by JBS |url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/policia-federal-faz-operacao-contra-esquema-de-propina-na-receita-federal.ghtml |publisher=Globo |work=O globo |date=11 December 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104023451/https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/policia-federal-faz-operacao-contra-esquema-de-propina-na-receita-federal.ghtml |archivedate=2018-01-04 |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>

On February 23, 2018, Rio de Janeiro's Federal Police and the Federal Public Ministry arrested Orlando Diniz, president of the Rio de Janeiro State Trade Federation (National Confederation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism; [[:pt:Fecomercio|Fecomercio]]-RJ). He was arrested on suspicion of money laundering, corruption and membership in a criminal organization. Among the irregularities investigated was the hiring of phantom employees by Sesc and Senac, who received salaries from the firms. The exact number of phantom employees was not yet known, and at least one of them was formally linked to the Sesc/Senac payroll until 2017. According to the investigation, the phantom hires were made at the request of [[Sérgio Cabral]] and helped the former governor to increase the kickback that was regularly distributed to his closest operators and his relatives, in a scheme that moved more than R$ 7.5 million (${{ToUSDr|7.5|BRA|2018}} million). The president of Fecomercio-RJ also spent R$ 180 million (${{ToUSDr|180|BRA|2018}} million) over four years with law firms on contracts that circumvented the technical and transparency standards of the agencies under his responsibility. The suspicion is that he used public money to defend himself and remain in control of these firms.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/pf-cumpre-mandados-em-mais-um-desdobramento-da-lava-jato-no-rio.ghtml |url-status=dead <!--no archive--> |website=Globe |date=23 February 2018 |title=PF prende presidente da Fecomércio-RJ e investiga desvio de recursos do Sesc e do Senac |trans-title=Federal Police arrest president of Fecomercio-RJ and investigates the embezzlement of resources from Sesc and Senac |accessdate=24 February 2018}}.</ref>{{dead url|date=December 2019}}{{cn|date=December 2019}}

On March 1, 2018, the Federal Police and Department of Federal Revenue served search and seizure warrants in an operation that was an offshoot of Operation Car Wash in São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The goal of the new operation was to dismantle a scheme of criminal money laundering and embezzlement of funds paid by municipal governments for street cleaning. According to Federal Revenue, the criminal organization issued more than R$ 900 million (${{ToUSDr|9000000|BRA|year=2018|sf=2}}) in invoices with indications of fraud. The police stated that the companies participating in the scheme simulated the sale of goods to the customer of the laundering "service", which then paid for non-existent products via bank transfers or slips (to give the appearance of legality to the acquisition). The sums received were transferred to several other shell companies that remitted the amounts abroad or made transfers to persons connected with the initial customer. In total, according to the police, more than R$ 120 million (${{ToUSDr|120000000|BRA|2018|sf=2}}) was passed on to as yet unidentified third parties. The investigation grew out of the denunciation of black market money changer Alberto Youssef. The warrants were issued by the 2nd Federal Criminal Court.<ref name=Tavares-2018>{{cite web |lang=pt |last1=Tavares |first1=Bruno |last2=Cerântula |first2=Robinson |title=PF faz operação contra empresas de serviços de limpeza em desdobramento da Lava Jato |trans-title=Federal Police execute operation against street cleaning services in spinoff of Operation Car Wash |url= https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/pf-cumpre-mandados-em-empresas-de-limpeza-em-desdobramento-da-lava-jato.ghtml|website=G1 Globo|date=1 March 2018 |accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref>

On 13 March 2018, the Federal and State Public Prosecution Service of Rio de Janeiro carried out a new operation against corruption in the Rio penitentiary system, which grew out of {{ill|Operation Calicute|pt|Operação Calicute|vertical-align=sup}}, a version of Operation Car Wash in the [[State of Rio de Janeiro]]. The operation resulted in the arrest of Deputy Marcelo Luiz Santos Martins, director of the General Department of Specialized Police{{efn|name="del-esp"}} in Rio, and [[Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State|Military Police]] Colonel {{ill|Cesar Rubens Monteiro de Carvalho|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, former {{ill|State Secretary of Penitentiary Administration|pt|Secretaria de Estado de Administração Penitenciária (Rio de Janeiro)|vertical-align=sup}} (Seap). Under the Federal Prosecutor's Office, the operation served fourteen arrest warrants (nine temporary and five preventive); at the state level, there were nine arrests (with names repeated in both). The targets of the investigation were accused of being part of a criminal organization that rigged food supply contracts (take-out, breakfast, and snacks) for at least six years (2009&ndash;2014) for the state's more than 50,000 prisoners, always keeping the same suppliers, who shared in the profits of the scheme. The contracts totaled R$ 72 million (${{To USD r|72000000|BRA|2018}}) during that period.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Otavio |first1=Chico |last2=Biasetto |first2=Daniel |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/lava-jato-operacao-pao-nosso-prende-coronel-da-pm-delegado-chefe-das-especializadas-22483197|newspaper=O Globo|date=13 March 2018|title=Lava-Jato: Operação 'Pão nosso' prende coronel da PM e delegado chefe das Especializadas |lang=pt|trans-title=Car Wash: Operation 'Our Bread' arrests Military Police Colonel and Chief Specialist Delegate |accessdate=7 December 2019}}.</ref>

On 29 March 2018, the Federal Police in São Paulo arrested the lawyer {{ill|José Yunes|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, friend and former advisor of President [[Michel Temer]] and, in [[Monte Alegre do Sul]] (SP), the businessman Antonio Celso Greco , owner of the company {{ill|Rodrimar|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, which operates in [[Port of Santos]]. The prisons are part of the operation launched in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Also arrested in the same operation was the former Minister of Agriculture and former Federal Deputy {{ill|Wagner Rossi|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, who was the CEO of the {{ill|São Paulo State Dock Company|pt|Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo|vertical-align=sup}}, which administered the port. Yunes was named by financial operator {{ill|Lúcio Funaro|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, whistle-blower for Operation Car Wash, as one of those responsible for handling bribes allegedly paid to the president. According to Funaro, to launder the money and disguise the origin, Yunes invested illicit funds with his real estate developer. The operation was authorized by [[Supreme Federal Court]] Minister [[Luís Roberto Barroso]], [[rapporteur]] of the inquiry investigating whether Temer accepted bribes in order to benefit companies in the port sector.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sadi |first1=Andréia |url= https://g1.globo.com/politica/blog/andreia-sadi/noticia/pf-prende-jose-yunes-amigo-e-ex-assessor-de-temer.ghtml|publisher=Globo|work=Política|lang=pt|date=29 March 2018 |title=Lava-Jato: Polícia Federal prende José Yunes, amigo e ex-assessor de Temer |trans-title=Car Wash: Federal Police Arrest Jose Yunes, Temer's Friend and Former Advisor |accessdate=6 December 2019}}.</ref>

On April 6, 2018, the Federal Police served preventive arrest warrants against Paulo Vieira de Souza, Paulo Preto, former [[Brazilian Social Democracy Party]] (PSDB) operative and former director of the Department of Road Development SA (Dersa), who was charged with misappropriation of funds, in kind and in real estate. The MP denounced Paulo Preto for crimes of racketeering, embezzlement and insertion of false data in the public information system. The former director had already been cited by whistle blowers as a possible PSDB kickback operative in the state of São Paulo. According to the complaint, Souza and the others investigated diverted 7.7 million reals (${{ToUSDr|7.7|BRA|2018}} million) from the Dersa coffers, money intended for families displaced due to construction done in the state between 2009 and 2011. The governors of São Paulo at the time were: José Serra (2007 to 2010), Alberto Goldman (2010) and Geraldo Alckmin (since 2011). Paulo Preto led Dersa between 2007 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web |author=Da Redação |title=Operação Lava Jato: PF prende Paulo Preto, ex-diretor da Dersa| |trans-title=Operation Car Wash: Federal Police arrest Paulo Preto, former director of Dersa |publisher=Veja |work=Abril |date=6 April 2018 |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/operacao-lava-jato-pf-prende-paulo-preto-ex-diretor-da-dersa/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207051114/https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/operacao-lava-jato-pf-prende-paulo-preto-ex-diretor-da-dersa/ |archivedate=2019-12-07 |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref>

On 10 April 2018, the Federal Police launched a new operation that investigated payments of "undue advantage"{{efn|name="vant-indev"}} by a business group to politicians. Judicial warrants were served in São Paulo, [[Goiânia]], and [[Fortaleza]]. The operation was launched by the ex-director of institutional relations of [[Hypera Pharma|Hypermarcas]] Nelson Melo in Operation Car Wash. In it, Melo said he gave R$ 5 million (${{To USD r|5000000|BRA|2018|sf=2}}) to the campaign of the Senate President, [[Eunício Oliveira]] ([[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]]-[[Ceará|CE]]), to the [[Ceará]] government in 2014, through fictitious contracts.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bomfim |first1=Camila |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/pf-cumpre-mandados-da-lava-jato-autorizados-pelo-ministro-edson-fachin.ghtml|publisher=Globo|work=Política|lang=pt|date=10 April 2018 |title=PF cumpre mandados da Lava Jato autorizados pelo ministro Edson Fachin |trans-title=Federal Police serve Car Wash warrants authorized by Minister Edson Fachin |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref> It is suspected that the politician committed the crimes of passive corruption{{efn|name="pass-corr"}} and money laundering. Beyond just this denunciation, the investigators based their actions on the revelations made by a businesswoman from Salvador, wife of the marketer of the [[Eunício Oliveira]] campaign in 2014. She confessed that at her husband's request, she received money without performing any service. The appeals were passed on not only by Hypermarcas and [[JBS S.A.]], who already admitted the irregularities to the Public Prosecution Service, but also by the Ceará company [[M. Dias Branco]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bronzatto |first1=Thiago |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/em-video-empresaria-confessa-ter-recebido-dinheiro-para-eunicio-oliveira/ |publisher= Abril |website=Veja |date=12 April 2018 |title=Em vídeo, empresária confessa ter recebido dinheiro para Eunício Oliveira |trans-title=In video, businesswoman confesses to receiving money for Eunício Oliveira |accessdate=7 December 2019}}</ref>

On 12 April 2018, agents of the Federal Police and the [[Federal Public Ministry]] arrested businessman Arthur Mário Pinheiro Machado in an operation that investigated pension fund fraud. In all, the officers served 10 pre-trial detention and 21 arrest warrants in Rio, Sao Paulo and Brasilia against suspects of defrauding the pension funds {{ill|Postalis|pt|Empresa_Brasileira_de_Correios_e_Telégrafos#Postalis|vertical-align=sup}} (of the Post Office) and the [[Federal Data Processing Service ]] (''[[:pt:Serpro|Serpro]]''). According to the investigation, the funds sent money to companies abroad to pay for non-existent services. The money was scattered among different dollar accounts and then returned to Brazil for bribes. The scheme worked through two black marketeers of the former governor Sérgio Cabral, who helped bring cash back into the country. Another arrested trader was Milton Lyra, who is named in several investigations as an MDB operator in the Senate and in various schemes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bomfim |first=Camila |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/defesa-acerta-apresentacao-de-milton-lyra-a-pf-no-rio-investigado-teve-prisao-decretada-na-operacao-rizoma.ghtml |title=Defesa de Milton Lyra diz que ele se apresentou à PF no Rio; investigado teve prisão decretada na Operação Rizoma |trans-title=Milton Defense Lyra says he performed for Federal Police in Rio; investigated was jailed in Operation Rhizome|publisher=Globo|work=Política|lang=pt|date=12 April 2018 |accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref>

The operation investigates money laundering, currency evasion and corruption crimes through fraud that has caused major damage to funds.<ref>{{citeweb |first1=Fernanda |last1=Rouvenat |first2=Guilherme |last2=Peixoto <!-- |display-authors=2 |vauthors=Leslie Leitão, Paulo Renato Soares, Pedro Figueiredo, Bárbara Carvalho e Marcelo Gomes, G1 Rio, TV Globo e GloboNews --> |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/policia-federal-investiga-prejuizos-a-fundos-de-pensao.ghtml |publisher=Globo |work=G1 |date= 12 April 2018 |title=Operação Lava Jato cumpre mandados de prisão contra suspeitos de fraudar fundos de pensão |trans-title=Operation Lava Jato Fulfills Arrest Warrants Against Suspected Fraud of Pension Funds |accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Da Redação |url= https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/pf-cumpre-mandados-de-prisao-em-acao-contra-fraudes-em-fundos-de-pensao/ |website=Veja |title=MDB and PT operators arrested in lawsuit derived from Car Wash |trans-title=|date=12 April 2018 |accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref><ref name= "MPF">{{cite web |author=<!-- staff writers; no byline --> |url=http://www.mpf.mp.br/rj/sala-de-imprensa/noticias-rj/lava-jato-rj-operacao-rizoma-revela-que-fundos-dos-correios-2013-o-postalis-2013-e-serpros-eram-usados-em-esquema-criminoso |title=Lava Jato/RJ: Operação Rizoma revela que Postalis e Serpros eram usados em esquema criminoso |trans-title=Lava Jato / RJ: Operation Rhizome reveals that Postalis and Serpros were used in criminal scheme |date=12 April 2018 |publisher=Federal Public Ministry |accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref>

[[File:Eduardo da Fonte 2009.jpg |thumb |upright=0.7 |Eduardo da Fonte speaks to the media.]]

On April 24, 2018, the Federal Police served a warrant to search the offices and also the executive apartments ({{lang|pt|Apartamentos funcionais}}){{efn|name="ap-fun"|'''''Apartamentos funcionais'''''{{snd}}(lit. "Functionary apartments") a set of executive apartments set aside in the capital, Brasília, by the government for the use of members of the Chamber of Deputies while they are in the capital.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |author=R7 |title=Conheça os novos apartamentos onde os deputados moram em Brasília |trans-title=Get to know the new apartments where deputies live in Brasilia |url=https://noticias.r7.com/brasil/fotos/conheca-os-novos-apartamentos-onde-os-deputados-moram-em-brasilia-01122014#!/foto/1 |date=5 November 2012 |website=R7 |publisher= |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |last=Amorim |first=Diego |title=Por que os deputados precisam de apartamento funcional? |trans-title=Why do deputies need an executive apartment? |url=https://www.oantagonista.com/brasil/por-que-os-deputados-precisam-de-apartamento-funcional/ |date=5 July 2018 |website=O Antagnista |publisher=Mare Clausum Publicações |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>}} of Representative {{ill|Eduardo da Fonte|pt|vertical-align=sup}}. (Progressive Party (PP)-[[Pernambuco]]) and senator [[Ciro Nogueira]] (PP-[[Piauí]]), national president of the [[Progressive Party (Brazil)|Progressive Party]]. The warrant was authorized by Minister [[Edson Fachin]], rapporteur of the Car Wash cases in the STF. The operation was launched in conjunction with the [[Prosecutor General of the Republic (Brazil)|Prosecutor General]]. The police also served a warrant of arrest against former deputy {{ill|Marcio Junqueira|pt|vertical-align=sup}} of [[Roraima]], who was arrested in Brasilia. The investigations revealed an attempt by congressmen to buy the silence of a former adviser to the senator who had been collaborating with the [[Judiciary of Brazil|judiciary]]. The advisor detailed that he received the payment in cash, and was passed the money by the former deputy. According to investigators, the former advisor was in collaboration with several investigations in connection with Operation Car Wash, and was allegedly threatened with death. Due to the threats, he was included in the witness protection program. The Police served eight search and seizure warrants, all at addresses linked to the three targets of the operation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bomfim |first=Camila |last2=Andreolla |first2=Ana Paula |last3=Ramalho |first3=Renan |title=Lava Jato faz buscas nos gabinetes do deputado Eduardo da Fonte e do senador Ciro Nogueira, do PP |trans-title=Car Wash searches the offices of Deputy Eduardo da Fonte and Senator Ciro Nogueira, Progressive Party |date=24 April 2018 |url= https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-na-camara-dos-deputados.ghtml |publisher=Globo |website=G1 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624150216/https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-na-camara-dos-deputados.ghtml |archivedate=2018-06-24 |accessdate=26 January 2020 }}</ref>

On 3 May 2018, a new operation code-named "Operation Over and out" ({{lang|pt|Operação Câmbio, Desligo}})<ref name="Pontes-2018" /> served 49 pre-trial (preventive detention) and four temporary arrest warrants in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, and the Federal District, as well as Paraguay and Uruguay.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/o-potencial-realmente-explosivo-diz-mpf-apos-operacao-contra-doleiros-22648589 |work= O Globo|title= 'O potencial realmente é explosivo', diz MPF após operação contra doleiros |date= 3 May 2018|access-date= 3 May 2018}}</ref> The main target was Darío Messer, who has been called the most influential money changer in the country. Messer is also a Paraguayan citizen.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2019/04/doleiros-foragidos-e-no-exterior-emperram-ha-1-ano-a-maior-etapa-da-lava-jato.shtml |author1=Felipe Bächtold |author2=José Marques |date=19 May 2019 |trans-title=Outlawed and overseas moneymakers have been jamming the biggest stage of Lava Jato for 1 year |title=Doleiros foragidos e no exterior emperram há 1 ano a maior etapa da Lava Jato |newspaper=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=November 29, 2019}}</ref> The operation was supported by Uruguayan authorities and aimed to dismantle a [[money laundering]], currency evasion and [[organized crime]] network. The suspects were part of a system called Bank Drop, in which moneymakers remitted funds abroad through illegal dollar wire transfers known as {{lang|pt|dólar-cabo}},{{efn|name="dcabo"}} a method in which money does not pass through [[Central Bank of Brazil|central bank]]-regulated financial institutions. According to police, some 3,000 [[offshore company|offshore companies]] in 52 [[tax haven]] countries handled about $1.6 billion (or $5.6 billion by 2018).<ref>{{cite news |lang=pt |first1=Arthur |last1=Guimarães |first2=Renata |last2=Capucci |first3=Fernanda |last3=Rouvenat |author4=TV Globo |author5=G1 Rio |title=Lava Jato mira doleiros suspeitos de movimentarem US$ 1,6 bi em 52 países |trans-title=Car Wash targets black-market money dealers suspected of moving $1.6 billion through 52 countries |url= https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/pf-cumpre-mandados-de-prisao-em-mais-um-desdobramento-da-lava-jato.ghtml |work=O Globo |date= 2 May 2018 |access-date= 2 May 2018}}</ref>

[[File:RodoanelSP.JPG|thumb|São Paulo's regional beltway, the [[Rodoanel Mário Covas]].]]

On 21 June 2018, the Federal Police carried out a new operation in São Paulo with an investigation that found irregularities in construction of the northern section of the [[Rodoanel Mário Covas|ring road]], from the conclusion of contractual additions and consequent increases to the total cost. According to the {{ill|Federal Public Ministry|pt|Ministério Público Federal|vertical-align=sup}} (MPF) and estimates by the [[Federal Court of Accounts]] (TCU) pointed to an overrun of more than 600 million reals (${{ToUSDr|600|BRA|2018|sf=2}} million) in the cost of the construction. Of the 15 temporary arrest warrants in the Federal Police lawsuit, one targeted Laurence Lourenço Casagrande, former president of {{ill|Dersa|pt|vertical-align=sup}}{{efn|'''''Dersa'''''{{snd}}highway construction and maintenance enterprise controlled by the [[São Paulo State]] government.}} and former secretary of logistics and transport under the former governor [[Geraldo Alckmin]] ([[Brazilian Social Democracy Party|PSDB]]), and current president of the [[Companhia Energética de São Paulo]] (Cesp), a state government power company for São Paulo State. Lourenço was already investigated for these additions and also by the irregular subcontracting of other companies. The judge held him preventively at prosecutors' request.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lava Jato diz que ex-presidente da Dersa, em liberdade, pode coagir testemunhas |trans-title=Lava Jato says former Dersa president, at liberty, can coerce witnesses |publisher=ISTOÉ |access-date=11 December 2019 |date=3 July 2018 |url=https://istoe.com.br/lava-jato-diz-que-ex-presidente-da-dersa-em-liberdade-pode-coagir-testemunhas/}}</ref> In addition, other targets of the operation included other former directors of Dersa, construction companies {{ill|Grupo OAS|pt||es|vertical-align=sup}} and {{ill|Mendes Júnior|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, companies responsible for the construction, and contract managers under suspicion. In addition to the arrest warrants, 51 search and seizure orders were served.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Venaglia |first1=Guilherme |url= https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/lava-jato-de-sp-faz-operacao-contra-desvios-nas-obras-do-rodoanel/ |website=O Globo |date=21 June 2018|title=Lava Jato de SP faz operação contra desvios nas obras do Rodoanel |trans-title=SP State Car Wash targets ring road construction irregularities |accessdate=6 December 2019}}</ref>

On July 4, 2018, in an offshoot of [[#Operation Exposed Invoice|Operation Exposed Invoice]] regarding a corruption scheme in Rio's public health system, the Car Wash task force returned to the streets to arrest businessman Miguel Iskin, his partner Gustavo Estellita and 20 other people, in addition to the search and seizure executed at 44 addresses in Rio, São Paulo, [[Paraíba]], [[Minas Gerais]] and the Federal District. They also decreed the freezing of the assets of those under investigation in the amount of R$ 1.2 billion {${{ToUSDr|1200|BRA|2018}} million). The operation then targeted companies involved in the scheme of cartelization and embezzlement of money in the provision of prosthetics and medical equipment by means of fraudulent bids in the so-called "international trading floor club" headed by Iskin. A cartel of suppliers was identified which was active between 1996 and 2017 at the {{ill|National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics|pt|Instituto Nacional de Traumatologia e Ortopedia|vertical-align=sup}} (INTO). They also served arrest warrants on the director general of INTO, André Loyelo, and on two executives of [[Philips]] Brazil, one of the 37 companies involved in the scheme and accused of the crimes of cartel formation, corruption, bid rigging, criminal organization, and money laundering.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |last=Otavio |first=Chico |last2=Biasett |first2=Daniel |title=Lava-Jato manda prender empresários do esquema Cabral que fraudaram Into |trans-title=Car Wash orders arreset of Cabral schemers who defrauded INTO |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/lava-jato-manda-prender-empresarios-do-esquema-cabral-que-fraudaram-into-22850173 |date=4 July 2018 |website=O Globo |publisher= |accessdate=26 January 2020}}</ref>

On 3 August 2018, the Federal Police (MPF) began a new operation, against money laundering suspects allegedly linked to former Governor [[Sérgio Cabral Filho|Sérgio Cabral]], as an offshoot of [[#Operation Efficiency|Operation Efficiency]]. Banker Eduardo Plass was suspected of using offshore companies and a Rio South Zone jewelry store to launder bribe money. The businessman and two of his minority partners were the subject of temporary arrest warrants, and there were also four arrest warrants. He and the two partners are suspected of transferring about 90 million reals (${{ToUSDr|90|BRA|2018|sf=2}} million) in the scheme. Plass was president of [[BTG Pactual|Banco Pactual]] and a majority shareholder of TAG Bank in Panama,<ref>{{cite web|trans-title=Brazilian owner of a bank in Panama, arrested for corruption|work=Panamá América|date=3 August 2019|url=https://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/judicial/brasileno-dueno-de-un-banco-en-panama-arrestado-por-corrupcion-1112551|title=Brasileño dueño de un banco en Panamá, arrestado por corrupción|language=es}}</ref> and the asset manager OPUS.<ref>{{cite news |title=Banker used by Cabral to buy R$77.01 million (${{To USD r|77010000|BRA|2018|sf=3}}) in jewelry was arrested |url=https://www.plataformamedia.com/en-uk/news/society/banker-used-by-cabral-to-buy-r7701-million-in-jewelry-was-arrested-9676848.html |agency=Agência Brasil |publisher=Plataforma | access-date=November 29, 2019 }}</ref> Police investigations pointed to [[money laundering]] and currency evasion crimes led by Eduardo Plass. Former billionaire [[Eike Batista]] was arrested based on information given by Plass, then released back to the house arrest where he had already been since 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brazilian judge orders former billionaire Batista released from jail |date=August 12, 2019 |url=https://latinamericanpost.com/29554-brazilian-judge-orders-former-billionaire-batista-released-from-jail |newspaper=Latin American Post |access-date=November 29, 2019 }}</ref> The scheme consisted of receiving cash from the [[Ipanema]] jewelry directors, and then transferring funds abroad from an account under their control to an offshore shell company and transferring the amounts to the jewelry group holding company.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2018/08/5563441-lava-jato-banqueiro-que-teria-ligacoes-com-sergio-cabral-e-preso-no-leblon.html#foto=1||work=O Globo |date=3 August 2018|title= Lava Jato: banqueiro que teria ligações com Sérgio Cabral é preso no Leblon |access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>

On August 31, 2018, federal agents served twenty preventive custody warrants and one temporary arrest warrant in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. {{ill|Sérgio Côrtes|pt|vertical-align=sup}}, former Secretary of Health in the [[Sérgio Cabral Filho|Sérgio Cabral]] governorship, was arrested again, in addition to businessmen Miguel Iskin and Gustavo Estellita. This time, the operation involved Social Organizations, which are non-profit organizations hired to manage healthcare facilities in the state. The target of the operation was Pró-Saúde, which administered several hospitals under Sérgio Cabral's management, such as Getúlio Vargas, Albert Schweitzer, Adão Pereira Nunes and Alberto Torres. The operation was an offshoot of the [[#Operation Exposed Invoice|Exposed Invoice]] and [[#Operation Resonance|Resonance]] operations and is the third phase of Car Wash in Rio de Janeiro in the health sector. According to investigators, the fraudulent contracts led to the embezzlement of about 74 million reals (${{ToUSDr|74|BRA|2018}} million) from the public coffer.<ref>{{cite web |lang=pt |last1=Guimarães |first1=Arthur |title=Ex-secretário de Saúde de Cabral, Sérgio Côrtes, volta a ser preso pela Lava Jato no RJ |trans-title=Cabral's Saúde ex-secretary Sérgio Côrtes arrested again by Car Wash in Rio |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2018/08/31/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-na-operacao-lava-jato-no-rio-de-janeiro.ghtml |url-status=dead |date=31 August 2018 |website=G1 |publisher=Globo |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725023111/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2018/08/31/policia-federal-cumpre-mandados-na-operacao-lava-jato-no-rio-de-janeiro.ghtml |archivedate=2019-07-25 |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref>

Operation Marakata is an offshoot of [[#Operation Over and out|Operation Over and out]] involving illegal trade in precious stones, and money laundering. On 4 September 2018, the Federal Police served nine court orders, three of which were for pre-trial detention and six for search and seizure, investigating an illegal scheme of trade in emeralds and other precious and semiprecious stones, {{clarify|text=capital flight |reason=Original: evasão de divisas}}, and money laundering by the former governor [[Sérgio Cabral Filho|Sérgio Cabral]] in Rio de Janeiro and in Bahia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://odia.ig.com.br/rio-de-janeiro/2018/09/5571982-operacao-lava-jato-cumpre-mandados-de-prisao-no-rio-e-na-bahia.html |website=O Dia |title= Operação Lava Jato cumpre mandados de prisão no Rio e na Bahia|date=4 September 2018 |trans-title= Operation Lava Jato serves arrest warrants in Rio and Bahia |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> The operation revealed the comprehensive and detailed business network of Dario Messer, the master money changer ({{lang-pt|o [[:pt:wikt:doleiro|doleiro]] dos doleiros |label=none}}), whose parallel compensation system reconciled the interests of clients of different black market money changers (transactions were made beyond the reach of authorities in order to launder income from corruption, tax evasion and other crimes). Among the targets of the operation were managing partners who buy precious stones from gold mines in [[Bahia state|Bahia]] and export them to Indian businessmen using fake invoices and bills of sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://istoe.com.br/lava-jato-no-rio-revela-duas-contas-que-giraram-us-44-mi-em-cinco-anos/ |publisher= Três |website=IstoÉ |title=Lava Jato no Rio revela duas contas que giraram US$ 44 mi em cinco anos |date=4 September 2018 |trans-title=Car Wash operation in Rio reveals two accounts that turned over $44 million in five years |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref>

Operation Decontamination is a break-up of the [[Draft:Operation Car Wash investigation phases#16|Radioactivity]], [[#Operation Pripyat|Pripyat]], and [[#Operation Brotherhood|Brotherhood]] operations of the Car Wash investigation. It was launched on {{date|21 March 2019}} by [[Federal Police]], which investigated crimes of corruption, embezzlement ({{lang|pt|peculato}}{{efn|name="peculato"}}) and [[money laundering]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cbn.globoradio.globo.com/media/audio/253041/operacao-descontaminacao-investiga-crimes-de-corru.htm |title=Operação Descontaminação investiga crimes de corrupção, peculato e lavagem de dinheiro |trans-title=Operation Decontamination investiagtes crimes of corruption, embezzlement, and money laundering |date=21 March 2019 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |website=Globo}}</ref>

It focused on investigating diversion of funds on the order of 1.8 billion reals (${{ToUSDr|1800|BRA|2018}} million) in the [[Angra Nuclear Power Plant|Angra 3 nuclear power plant]] construction project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.portaldoholanda.com.br/habeas-corpus/stj-julga-hoje-habeas-corpus-de-michel-temer |title=STF julga hoje habeas corpus de Michel Temer |trans-title=Supreme Federal Tribunal to judge habeas corpus motion by Michel Temer |date=14 May 2019 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |website=Portal Holanda}}</ref>

The break-up is the result of an investigation that began under the auspices of the Attorney General's Office during the time when [[Michel Temer]] was still president. After finishing his term and losing his {{lang|pt|foro privilegiado}}{{efn|name="for-priv"}} status, the dossier was then sent to the Car Wash task force, which is based in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpf.mp.br/rj/sala-de-imprensa/noticias-rj/mpf-lava-jato-do-rio-denuncia-michel-temer-moreira-franco-e-outros-investigados-de-desvio-na-eletronuclear |title=MPF: Lava Jato do Rio denuncia Michel Temer, Moreira Franco e outros investigados de desvio na Eletronuclear |trans-title=Federal Public Ministry: Rio branch of Car Wash denounces Michel Temer, Moreira Franco and other investigators of diversion of funds at Eletronuclear |date=29 March 2019 |accessdate=16 May 2019 |website=MPF }}</ref>

Federal police announced Operation Patron on November 19, 2019. Thirty-seven court orders were issued by the 7th [[Regional Federal Courts|Federal Criminal Court]] of Rio de Janeiro, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, in [[Armação dos Búzios]], Greater Sao Paulo and in [[Ponta Pora]], [[Mato Grosso do Sul]]. Because some targets lived in Paraguay and the United States of America an [[Interpol notice|Interpol red notice]] was authorized by the courts.<ref>

{{cite web |author=Federal Police |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2019/03/20/pf-cumpre-mandados-de-prisao-em-mais-uma-fase-da-lava-jato.ghtml |title=PF desarticula organização criminosa investigada na Operação Cambio Desligo|trans-title=PF disrupts criminal organization investigated in Operation Foreign Exchange: Today's action is an offshoot of Lava Jato's working group |date=November 19, 2019 |access-date=November 19, 2019 }}

</ref>In November 2019 a Brazilian court withdrew the arrest warrant against former president of Paraguay [[Horacio Cartes]].<ref>

{{cite web|url=http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/justica/noticia/2019-11/brazil-court-revokes-arrest-warrant-former-paraguayan-president |title=Brasil court revokes arrest warrant of former Paraguayan president : Horacio Cartes is serving as senator and was not detained |author=André Richter |agency=AgênciaBrasil |publisher=EBC |date=November 29, 2019 |language=English |access-date=1 December 2019}}

{{Further|Odebrecht–Car Wash leniency agreement|pt:Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato fora do Brasil}}

* Norway – MP Norway also investigated bribes on the order of R$ 140 million (${{To USD r|140000000|BRA|2017<!--check year-->}}) by its companies to former directors of Petrobras. Former employees of the Brazilian state-owned company were suspected of resorting to intermediaries of Scandinavian companies to supply accounts with money from bribes paid to their former directors, political agents and authorities in Brazil, in a collusion and diversion scheme. At the center of the investigation between Norway and Brazil was Sevan Drilling<!--parent company has a wikipedia page, but the ownership timeline is unclear, apparently the subsidiary was sold, unsure if before or after the investigation --> – a company specialized in offshore oil exploration with representation in Rio.<ref>{{cite news | title=Noruega investiga propinas a ex-diretores da Petrobras: A suspeita é de que os ex-funcionários da estatal tenham recorrido a intermediários de empresas escandinavas para abastecer as contas com propinas web|trans-title=Norway investigates kickbacks to former Petrobras directors: The suspicion is that the former employees of the state-owned company have resorted to Scandinavian intermediaries to fill their accounts with bribes |work=Exame |date= 20 June 2017 |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/negocios/noruega-investiga-propinas-a-ex-diretores-da-petrobras/ |publisher=Abril |language=pt |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref>

{{wikisource|:pt:Constituição_do_Brasil_de_1988_(2015)/II/I|Brazilian Constitution, Art. 5 <small><small>(in Portuguese)</small></small>}}

* [[Draft:Operation Car Wash investigation phases]]

* [[:pt:Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato|Desdobramentos da Operação Lava Jato]]<br><small>({{gray|Operation Car Wash spin-off investigations}})</small>

* [[:pt:Fases da Operação Lava Jato|Fases da Operação Lava Jato]]<br><small>({{gray|Operation Car Wash phases}})</small>

* [[:pt:Delações da Odebrecht na Operação Lava Jato|Delações da Odebrecht na Operação Lava Jato]]<br><small>({{gray|Odebrecht plea bargains in Operation Car Wash}})</small>

{{efn|name="peculato"|'''''Peculato'''''{{snd}}''embezzlement''. There are other words in Portuguese that are commonly used to mean embezzlement more generally, including: {{lang|pt|desvio}} (diversion), {{lang|pt|malversação}} (misappropriation), {{lang|pt|desfalque}} (embezzlement), and others. The term ''[[:pt:wikt:peculato|peculato]]'' is used specifically to mean embezzlement by a public official in an abuse of public trust for their own benefit or someone else's. It is one of several crimes that is considered a "crime against public administration". It is governed by [[Penal Code of Brazil|Penal Code]] [[:pt:s:Código_Penal_Brasileiro/Parte_Especial/Título_XI/Capítulo_I|Article 312]].}}

{{efn|name=STJ|'''Superior Court of Justice'''{{snd}}The highest appellate court in Brazil for non-constitutional questions of federal law. Justices in STJ (as in other Superior Courts) are called "ministers" not "justices"; not to be confused however with ministers from the executive branch.}}

{{efn|name=TCE|'''TCE'''{{snd}}''Tribunal de Contas do Estado'' ("State Court of Auditors") Independent, technical organizations linked to the legislature, and present in each state and at the Federal level. They are charged with auditing public accounts in the name of the people.}}

* [http://www.mpf.mp.br/atuacao-tematica/sci/normas-e-legislacao/legislacao/legislacao-em-ingles-1 Legislação brasileira traduzida para o Inglês]{{snd}}official English translations of the Constitution, and dozens of other Brazilian laws

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