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Weekly Report - 01 May 2025 (WR-25-17)
BRAZIL: Minister under pressure from INSS corruption scandal
Brazilian authorities have launched an investigation into an alleged corruption scheme in 2019-2024 involving the national social security agency (INSS), in which an estimated R$6.3bn (US$1.1bn) was improperly diverted from pensions and retirement funds. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has responded by dismissing the INSS chief Alessandro Stefanutto, who been implicated in the probe. There has also been speculation in the media over the past week as to whether the minister for social security, Carlos Lupi, will fall victim to the scandal as well.
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