Authorities in Brazil and the United States are enjoying historic collaboration in their fight against public corruption. Over the last five years, Brazilian and US authorities have worked together on investigations resulting in hundreds of charges against individuals and entities and billions of dollars of corporate fines.
It was not always this way. A decade ago, US and Brazilian authorities collaborated on relatively few criminal investigations of any type. From narcotics to corruption, it was once an exceptional event for US and Brazilian authorities to successfully coordinate on a significant investigation.
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