Brazil: Petrobras corruption case to become TV show
José Padilha, Brazilian director of the popular TV series Narcos (2015), is set to take to the screen the Petrobras case, which has sparked a political turmoil in Brazil and left the oil company in critical condition.
The Lava Jato (“car wash”) operation has been investigating the corruption behind the state-owned oil company and fuel distributor Petrobras. According to the investigation, politicians and Petrobras members used gas stations, hotels and car washes to launder public money, reported El País.
The biggest corruption case Brazil has seen in a number of years will be told on screen with José Padilha stating his intentions of producing a new TV drama called “Jet Wash” in his home country. After the success of movies Elite Squad (2007) and Elite Squad 2 (2010), and the recent hit TV show Narcos, based on the life of infamous drug dealer Pablo Escobar, Padilha has become a recognized figure in world cinema.
The Lava Jato case has not only left Petrobras in a critical condition, but is also hovering over Dilma Rousseff´s government and former President Lula da Silva. Last week, in the middle of a political turmoil and a conflict between the government and the judicial power, President Rousseff appointed Lula has first minister of the Casa Civil (Civil House), which grants him immunity from many of the investigations.
