Misuse of public office for organizational gain?

• Verfasst von: Trombini, Maria Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Misuse of public office for organizational gain?
• Titelzusatz: Brazilian political parties in corruption scandals
• Verf.angabe: Maria Eugenia Trombini
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: 02 October 2021
• Umfang: 42 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 17.12.2021
• ISBN: 978-3-658-34374-3
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Political corruption and organizational crime
• Ort Quelle: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2021
• Jahr Quelle: 2021
• Band/Heft Quelle: (2021), Seite 267-308
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Trombini, Maria Eugenia: Misuse of public office for organizational gain?. - 2021
• K10plus-PPN: 1782508791

Abstract

In Brazil’s democratic history, two corruption scandals have exposed political parties and politicians to the public opinion and law-enforcement like no others. The first, Mensalão, roughly meaning “big monthly stipend” was coined to describe clandestine payments made by the Workers’ Party (PT) to congressional allies in return of support for its legislative agenda and occurred during the first term of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidency. The second, Petrolão, alluding to Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant, Petrobras, started in 2014 and unveiled a web of illegal payments connecting public contractors, civil servants and politicians channeling money from deals into secret slush funds.