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Odebrecht continues on his way to an exit from the scandal in which he has long been bogged down. The Brazilian construction group was pinned as part of the Lava Jato investigation for corruptive practices in Brazil, but not only. Odebrecht is also accused of paying bribes in Peru where the last four former presidents were splashed. That night, Odebrecht signed - in Brazil - an agreement with the Peruvian justice.
There are two major components in this agreement signed in Brazil: Odebrecht pledges to pay some 160 million euros in Peru for civil damages. An amount that was not calculated at random, but based on four offers won by the Brazilian company through the payment of bribes. A sum to which must be added interests. Odebrecht will be fifteen years old to pay the total.
Group employees will be obliged to answer
the agreement of more than 1,000 pages also lays the foundation for the continuation of the cooperation of the company with the Peruvian justice. According to two prosecutors of the special investigative team on Canal N, the prosecution will now have unrestricted access to Odebrecht's servers and the group's employees will be obliged to answer as witnesses any summons before judges in Peru. Peru where four former presidents are splashed by this scandal.
Renegotiated financial penalties?
But all this does not close the file definitively for Odebrecht. Investigations were opened on other files than the four for which the company admitted its guilt. Peruvian justice can not use information provided by Odebrecht as part of the collaboration, but nothing prevents it from continuing its investigations by its own means. And, if new leads appear in the documents that will be provided to the justice, the financial sanctions could be renegotiated.