Exclusive - Brazil police see no evidence in port bribery case against president


  • World
  • Saturday, 10 Feb 2018

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Michel Temer reacts during a ceremony on a new National ID Card in Brasilia, Brazil, February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Federal Police will likely recommend shelving an investigation into alleged bribery of President Michel Temer in return for extending port concessions last year because it has turned up no evidence, its chief told Reuters on Friday.

Director General Fernando Segovia said in an interview that police found no proof that a decree signed last year by Temer favoured logistics firm Rodrimar SA, which operates services in the Port of Santos, Latin America's busiest container port.

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