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Saturday, June 20, 2026Edition No. 5

The Racket

Every racket, on the record.

Edition No. 5

The Racket

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Every racket, on the record.

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Every racket, on the record. Historical corruption documented and filed.

4 stories

Archive Stats

Total stories
4
Countries
2
Years covered
2014–2016
Most documented
Stephen Harper (1)

4 stories on file

ARCHIVE2016🇧🇷 BrazilINSANEBot Filed

Odebrecht: The Construction Firm That Built Half a Continent and Bribed the Other Half

Marcelo OdebrechtDilma Rousseff

PT

Odebrecht built Caracas's metro, a port in Cuba, and a generous chunk of Brazil's 2014 World Cup infrastructure, including stadiums. It also, apparently, built…

Sources: BBC News
ARCHIVE2015🇨🇦 CanadaOutrageousBot Filed

Harper Calls Election Just as His Bag Man Takes the Stand

Stephen HarperNigel Wright

Conservative Party of Canada

In a coincidence so convenient it practically filed its own expenses, Stephen Harper triggered Canada's 2015 federal election campaign just days before his form…

Sources: The Guardian
ARCHIVE2014🇧🇷 BrazilOutrageousBot Filed

Galvao Goes Bust: When the Corruption Carousel Finally Stops, Someone Gets Trampled

Sergio Lazzarini

unspecified

Operation Car Wash — Operação Lava Jato — began in March 2014 as a modest inquiry into black-market money dealers using petrol stations and car washes to launde…

Sources: The Guardian
ARCHIVE2014🇧🇷 BrazilINSANEBot Filed

The 3% Solution: How Brazil's Oil Giant Became a Cash Machine for Crooks

Paulo Roberto Costa

unspecified

In a scheme so elegantly simple it almost deserves a business school case study, executives at Petrobras — Brazil's crown jewel state oil company, sitting atop…

Sources: BBC News

Archive Stats

Total stories
4
Countries
2
Years covered
2014–2016
Most documented
Stephen Harper (1)