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Brazil Police Detain Ex-President Lula da Silva Over Corruption Inquiry

© AFP 2023 / NELSON ALMEIDAFederal police officers are deployed at the Lula Institute headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 04, 2016. Police searched the home of Brazil's powerful ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and detained him for questioning Friday in a probe into a huge corruption scheme.
Federal police officers are deployed at the Lula Institute headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 04, 2016. Police searched the home of Brazil's powerful ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and detained him for questioning Friday in a probe into a huge corruption scheme. - Sputnik International
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Brazilian police have detained country’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of a huge graft probe into the national oil company's Petrobras activities, local media reported Friday, citing the Federal Police officers.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, police raided the former state leader’s house and took him for questioning.

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Lula, who was in power from 2003 to 2010, is said to have benefited from the kick-back scheme, which helped the ex-president become the owner of luxurious real estate objects.

In a statement on their website, the police said they were carrying out 44 judicial orders, including 33 search warrants and 11 arrest warrants, as part of the so-called Operation Car Wash, without providing the names of the targeted individuals.

The anti-corruption and money laundering operation involved some 200 police and 30 auditors from federal tax office.

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