Despite the numerous corruption scandals of the Rousseff administration, experts claim that the recent scandals may not be indicative of more corruption, but rather a greater emphasis on oversight. But Brazilian states lag the federal government in policing corruption. Fabiano Angelico tells the story of why local prosecution isn’t working.
His story is part of the Brazil Reports Corruption Notebooks, from the 2011 Global Integrity Report for Brazil.
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