Colombia requests US cooperation in Odebrecht probe
Colombia's attorney general, Fernando Carrillo, formally requested the cooperation of US authorities in the investigation into bribes paid by Brazilian construction group Odebrecht in the country, arguing that the firm has not told the entire truth on the matter.
Following the testimony of three ex-Odebrecht executives in the trial of former Corficolombiana CEO José Elías Melo, Carrillo said the statements "left a lot to be desired in terms of effective cooperation with the justice system."
As part of his assessment of 2018, transmitted Via Twitter, the attorney general said that Odebrecht "hasn't fully complied" with the 2016 agreement with the US justice department in which the company and its petrochemicals subsidiary Braskem paid a US$3.6bn fine and pledged to cooperate with authorities.
"They never revealed the exact number of contracts, amounts paid and officials and political agents that were bribed," Carrillo said.
During the trial of Melo, who is accused of bribery in the probe surrounding the Ruta del Sol 2 highway concession, the three former Odebrecht officials admitted having participated in negotiations to pay a US$6.5mn bribe to then deputy transport minister Gabriel García, who was convicted in December 2017, and one of them said Melo was aware of the operation.
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