Introduction

The fight against corruption in Brazil has crossed national borders since 2014, gaining worldwide visibility with Lava Jato Operation, or Car Wash. This is due not only to the amount of money surrounding illegalities committed by political parties and representatives, elected or not, but also because large companies and businessmen were involved in a huge corruption scheme relating money and politics. The involvement of politicians and executives from several countries was also a hallmark of this corruption scandal. In addition, their confrontation involved an extensive effort by international anti-corruption agencies to track and recover the money of the Brazilian State. Like other Western democracies, Brazil was neither immune to misconduct and nor were its institutions ineffective in detecting it and pursuing legal accountability.