Brazil slams Panama for not helping in Petrobras graft probe


  • World
  • Friday, 30 Sep 2016

The logo of Brazil's state-run Petrobras oil company is seen on a tank in Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top prosecutor's office complained on Thursday that Panama had failed to deliver banking information requested over a year ago in the massive corruption investigation surrounding state-controlled oil company Petrَleo Brasileiro SA.

Brazilian prosecutors suspect financial institutions were used to move offshore millions of dollars in graft money from the scheme at the company known as Petrobras, and pay bribes to Brazilian politicians. They said lack of cooperation from Panama had frustrated their investigations

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