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The Federal Police (PF) is carrying out 25 search and seizure orders for phase 75 of Operation Lava Jato, this Wednesday morning (23) in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Sergipe. No prison warrants were issued.
The current phase investigates crimes of corruption and money laundering that involve contracts signed by companies of the Seadrill Group with Petrobras for the supply of three line boats. For the construction and subsequent use under charter for eight years, the contracts amounted to US $ 2.7 billion, according to the Federal Public Ministry (MPF).
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These ships are called PLSVs and are created to operate offshore, in waters with a depth of up to 3,000 meters.
According to the investigations, in relation to these contracts, which were signed by the Petrobras exploration and production board, there are indications that the maritime shipping company Sapura hired financial intermediaries and operators who, upon payment of 1.5% of the value in fees , were in charge of enabling the inclusion of the company in a Petrobras event and obtaining privileged information within the state company.
After receiving their payments in bank accounts on behalf of offshore companies, financial operators transferred part of the amounts to two senior Sapura executives, one later linked to Sapura in Brazil and the other to Sapura Energy, based in Malaysia, according to the MPF.
Prosecutors claim that the amounts transferred to the operators circulated through various accounts on behalf of offshore companies in at least six different countries.
In addition, suspicions were also identified that the illegal activities of the investigators covered other Petrobras contracts, also in favor of the interests of the Seadrill Group, according to the MPF.
As it was found, the amounts transferred to financial operators circulated through several accounts in the name of offshore companies, having identified accounts controlled by those investigated in at least six different countries.
The facts came to light, even according to the PF, after testimonies of award-winning collaboration from lobbyists who worked with Petrobras employees and political agents with influence in the state company. The operation was called Boeman.
Parallel to the investigations, through international legal assistance, the Federal Police obtained information that the Dutch authorities were also investigating events related to illegal acts to supply the boats.
According to the PF, the foreign companies that won the bid subsequently subcontracted to a Dutch company to perform the bidding service, which was represented by one of the investigated Brazilian businessmen, and which, due to spurious arrangements, also made illicit payments to the involved.
