Brazilian oil bribery suspect linked to Vitol and Glencore arrested in US
Court documents allege he received money from major oil-trading groups to secure Petrobas deals
New York — A Brazilian facing allegations that he bribed officials at state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro on behalf of Vitol Group, Glencore and other major oil-trading groups has been arrested in the US. Authorities said on Tuesday that Luiz Eduardo Loureiro Andrade was detained in the US on December 20, an arrest that was disclosed in a Brazilian court document seen by Reuters. He was arrested with the help of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Besides handling deportation cases, ICE investigates transnational crime. An email included in the court document from a Brazilian federal police official based in Miami indicated that Andrade is being held in an undisclosed place in the US and that Brazil has requested his extradition. It was not clear when he may be sent back to Brazil. ICE did not respond to requests for comment. An investigator with Brazil’s federal police confirmed the arrest, but declined to give more details. Sweetheart deals Andrade was charged in B...
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