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Weekly Report - 10 July 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)
BRAZIL: Supreme court clashes with federal police
“The fear of an authoritarian police state, versus the apology of
widespread corruption has put the executive and the judiciary on a collision
course," said the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo over the latest
squabble between the supreme court and the federal police - which led the
court's president Gilmar Mendes and the justice minister Tarso Genro to argue
publicly last week. But while the two men disputed the claims that the federal
police have leaked information to intimidate judges, the police made new arrests
in connection to a case involving banker Daniel Dantas, which has the potential
to become one of the worst ever corruption cases in Brazil.
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