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BRAZIL CORRUPTION: JUDGE EDSON FACHIN TO LEAD PROBE

Published
2 February 2017

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Edson Fachin was named to the Supreme Court by then-President Dilma Rousseff

Brazil's Supreme Court has announced that Judge Edson Fachin will be in charge
of cases resulting from Operation Car Wash, an investigation into a massive
corruption ring involving some of Brazil's top business executives and
politicians.

Dozens of politicians have already been arrested as part of the inquiry.

Mr Fachin was chosen at random from a shortlist of five Supreme Court judges.

He replaces Teori Zavascki, 69, who died in a plane crash on 19 January.


BUSY TIME AHEAD

Mr Zavascki's plane fell into the sea in heavy rain near Paraty, some 250km (160
miles) south of Rio de Janeiro.

He was a well-respected judge and the Car Wash investigation gained much
credibility when he was appointed to oversee it in the Supreme Court, says the
BBC's Daniel Gallas.

Most recently, Mr Zavascki had been investigating executives from Odebrecht,
Latin America's largest construction firm.

Odebrecht has admitted paying $1bn (£800m) in bribes to obtain contracts in 12
different countries.

One of Mr Fachin's first tasks will be to analyse the plea bargain deals struck
with 77 Odebrecht executives.

Local media say their testimonies could contain the names of high-ranking
politicians allegedly involved in the bribery scheme.

Mr Fachin, a law professor from Parana state, was appointed to the Supreme Court
by former President Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached in August.

Local media accused him at first of being very close to Ms Rousseff and her
Workers' Party, citing as evidence a video, which showed him campaigning for her
during the election.

But reaction to his nomination on Thursday was largely positive with
commentators saying that he had "shown independence".


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