Three years since the inception of Brazil’s largest anti-corruption probe, ‘Operation Car Wash,’ prosecutors show no signs of slowing down. The investigation, which began as a small-scale enquiry into a black-market dealer, Alberto Youseff, and his dealings with the state-owned oil firm, Petrobras, has now reached gargantuan proportions, implicating hundreds of leading businessmen and politicians in over 38 different corruption schemes. This includes President Michel Temer and his former boss, the impeached former president Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016), who are currently being investigated for receiving illicit donations for their joint 2014 electoral campaign.End of preview - This article contains approximately 1497 words.
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