Background
Corruption in Brazil is a multi-billion- dollar business. Although it is difficult to assess accurately the total amounts siphoned off, officers with Operation Car Wash (Operac¸ao Lava Jato) estimate it to be around $61 billion a year.
If that sum of money ended up in the hands of a single individual, she would hold the eighth largest fortune in the world, according to Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2018.
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