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Weekly Report - 03 August 2017 (WR-17-30)

COLOMBIA: Judiciary delivers landmark conviction

Businessman Enrique Ghisays Manzur became the first person to be convicted to prison in relation to the major government corruption case centred around Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht this week. Ghisays’s conviction is significant as it confirms that crimes were committed in Colombia as part of the Odebrecht international corruption scheme, which paves the way for the sentencing of other individuals implicated in the case. Given the complexity of the corruption scheme revolving around Odebrecht, the case will have far-reaching political implications.

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