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(Bloomberg) -- Police also accused Marcelo Odebrecht, of builder Odebrecht, and Taiguara Rodrigues, Lula’s nephew, of corruption and money laundering, newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo reports.

• Ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva allegedly benefited his nephew via Odebrecht contracts in Angola
  • Rodrigues is nephew of Lula’s first wife
• Rodrigues’ company, Exergia, signed a contract to provide services for Odebrecht in 2012; deal was 3.5m reais at the time: Estado
• Link to story: Link
• “Lula had all his and his relatives accounts searched, his banking, fiscal and telephone secrecy broken and no irregularity was found”, Instituto Lula said in an e-mailed statement
  • “Ex-president Lula always acted in accordance with law”
  • “Leaking documents shows attempt to hurt Lula’s image”

Link to Statement:Link