With the agreement Odebrecht admits its participation, committing itself to assisting the authority during its investigation in exchange for a reduced sanction. The agreement, part of the extensive Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigation, revealed that the 19 companies involved would have pooled the bidding results in order to divide the airport expansion and modernization works, including contracts at the Belo Horizonte, Congonhas, Garulhos, Forianópolis, Goiania, Macaé, Santos Dumont, Macapá and Vitória airports.
In a statement, Odebrecht confirmed the agreement with CADE and reported that, since December 2016, it had signed agreements with the Federal Public Ministry and various authorities to cooperate with the investigation across various states and municipalities, in addition to reforming its measures of Conformity and Governance, in addition to adopting a broad anticorruption training program and training on competition law.
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