Investigate Michel Temer's trusted minister for links to fraud in Brazil

The Minister of the Government, the Secretary of Brazil, Carlos Marun, one of the trusted men of President Michel Temer, is the object of an investigation for his allegations link with a system of fraud and corruption in the labor portfolio, reported today the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo.

A confidential report of the federal police to which the newspaper had access, maintains that Marun, through her Chief of Staff, Vivianne Lorenna de Melo, asked for facilities for the unions in the United States. Brazilian State of Mato Grosso do Sul.

For several months, the police investigated an alleged criminal organization composed of politicians and officials who committed fraud. unions by the Ministry of Labor.

Several people involved were arrested as part of this investigation, which also claimed the head, two weeks ago, of the Brazil Working Group, Helton Yomura, who resigned after the judge dismissed him. suspended from office for its possible link with this corruption plan.

According to the confidential report, Marun's chief of staff made the requests to the coordinator General Registry of Trade Unions of the Ministry of Labor, Renato Araújo, one of those arrested at the end of May by the police Federal during the first phase of Operation Espurio, which investigates the corruption plan.

In a series of e-mails, the police found that Araújo had sent these requests to a person who was not part of the Ministry of Labor, but who was responsible for demonstrations deemed fraudulent by the police for entities that "May offer undue advantages". Marun. "

" The content of the dialogue reveals exactly what has been amply proved in this in research The demonstrations are made to serve private interests, with a diurnal offense to the principles of legality, impersonality and morality, says report of federal police.

The researchers pointed out in the report the need to expand investigations to find out if Marun and De Melo were part of the criminal organization targeted by the investigation and sought search and arrest warrants against the two public servants

The Attorney General 's Office also protested against this application

Edson Fachin J., who held that the evidence adduced was not sufficient. was not sufficient.

In light of the news published by the newspaper Folha on the basis of the confidential report of the federal police, the Minister of the Government denied, by a note, having participated in alleged fraud in the Ministry of Labor for the benefit of Indications in Mato Grosso do Sul, as reported by the state press agency

The police-reported corruption plan refers to alleged maneuvers that have occurred over the years in this office, which has allowed the illegal registration of 15,000 unions that exist in the country, a number that for many of the world's labor lawyers is at less "exaggerated".

According to the authorities, the registration of trade unions has become a "big deal", including by a repealed law last year, which required workers to join a union, to which they were to contribute the 39, equivalent of one day of their annual salary.

The investigation also affects several trade unionists, such as the deputy Paulo Pereira da Silva, who chairs the Força Sindical work center and arrived in Parliament thanks to the political power that gave him his strong influence in the guilds.

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