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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)
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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)
Original name: Polícia Federal: A Lei é Para Todos - Os Bastidores da Operação Lava Jato
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, touching, captivating, informative, detective
Plot: political corruption, police, politics, government corruption, investigation, justice, organized crime, prison, judge, arrest, election campaign, legal, life, right wing, corruption, president, money laundering, interrogation, brazilian history, suspect, bribe, true crime, snitch, task force, law
Place: brazil, switzerland

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