New Attorney General: Petrobras agreement reveals the supreme power of the Lava Jato task force.

247 - In an agreement with the United States financial authority, the R$ 2,5 billion deposited a few weeks ago, in the name of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF), into a bank account in Curitiba (PR), revealed the strange power that Operation Lava Jato has been demonstrating in Brazil. The amount represents more than 60% of the entire Brazilian MPF ​​budget for this fiscal year, which will be R$ 4 billion. The figure exceeding R$ 2 billion also equates to 80% of the penalties defined in the agreement between the state-owned company and US authorities, exempting the Brazilian company from paying them in that country.

According to the agreement, announced by US authorities last September, 80% of the fines (US$682 million) would go to members of the Lava Jato task force in Curitiba and would be deposited by Petrobras into a special fund. It was not known that the agreement with the US included the creation of any fund. What was said was that the money was for Brazil.

Another detail is that the idea for the money to be used by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office in Curitiba came from the agency itself in the capital of Paraná, as stated in the document. This information was published on the website. CrumbsThis document was signed on January 23rd and approved two days later by the 13th court of Curitiba. 

Interestingly, in a document released by the website KnockoutThe INL – International Narcotics and Law Enforcement – ​​reveals that the US intends to encourage a reform of the Brazilian judiciary, an interference in Brazil's internal affairs.