{"id":6036,"date":"2017-08-10T13:21:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T13:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2017-08-10T13:46:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T13:46:30","slug":"ondcp-probing-local-involvement-in-odebrecht-bribery-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/ondcp-probing-local-involvement-in-odebrecht-bribery-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"ONDCP probing local involvement in Odebrecht bribery scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local law enforcement authorities are investigating the involvement of Antiguans and Barbudans in the Odebrecht scandal, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed.<\/p>

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He said the Office of the National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) is the competent authority carrying out the probe.<\/p>\n

Browne said the ONDCP \u201coperates independently of the minister of finance.\u201d<\/p>

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The prime minister also said he had \u201cno difficulty\u201d making the findings of the probe known although he did not indicate the exact scope of the investigation.<\/p>

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Information implicating an Antiguan government official was revealed in a New York court as part of US investigations into a bribery scheme conducted by the Brazil based construction conglomerate Odebrecht.<\/p>\n

The US authorities have not named the two individuals, only describing them as \u201ca consular official\u201d and \u201can intermediary to a high-level official\u201d.<\/p>

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A \u20ac3 million bribe was allegedly paid in exchange for the official\u2019s promise not to provide international authorities with banking records revealing illicit payments from Odebrecht.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Gaston Browne insists that he has not received any bribes.<\/p>

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It is also alleged that the Brazilian construction giant, Odebrecht, acquired Meinl Bank Antigua Limited, exclusively to launder funds.<\/p>

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