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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)

2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.

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Top billed cast

Antonio CalloniIvan
Flávia AlessandraBia
Bruce GomlevskyJulio Cesar
Marcelo SerradoJuiz
Ary FontouraLula
João BaldasseriniVinicius
Rainer CadeteÍtalo Agneli
Roberto BirindelliYoussef
Leonardo FrancoPedro Henrique
Adélio LimaAntenor

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