BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court has removed the nation's labour minister from his post at the request of prosecutors, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday, just a day after authorities arrested multiple high-ranking executives in a separate graft sting.
The court removed Helton Yomura temporarily at the request of federal prosecutors who are investigating a wide-ranging corruption scheme in which politicians and labour officials allegedly offered fraudulent union licenses in exchange for kickbacks, said the source, who requested anonymity as the matter is not yet public.
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