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Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella was arrested Tuesday on graft charges  Prosecutors say Crivella oversaw a criminal organization from 2017  The 63-year-old Crivella lost his reelection bid and is set to leave office January 1 Authorities have also arrested businessman Rafael Alves and five others on allegations of corruption Rio's city council president, Jorge Felippe, will take over Crivella's vacant post 

Rio de Janeiro mayor charged with corruption Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Rio de Janeiro’s outgoing mayor Marcelo Crivella, an ally of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested and charged with corruption. Four carloads of police and prosecutors arrived at the mayor’s house in the affluent Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood before 6am. Prosecutors later filed corruption charges against Crivella and 25 others, saying in a statement that wiretaps, seizures, witness and collaboratin...

Rio de Janeiro mayor arrested for bribery Rio de Janeiro mayor arrested for bribery Brasilia, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, was arrested in a joint action between the Police and the Public Ministry for his possible participation in a network of bribes in the city hall. According to the investigation, frauds were allegedly perpetrated during the campaign that brought Crivella to his position in the 2016 elections, but continued after he took office through commissions received from companies in exchange for contracts with the municipality. In addition to...

The unpopular Marcelo Crivella is due to leave office in days after he was thrashed in elections. Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Rio de Janeiro’s outgoing mayor Marcelo Crivella, an ally of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested and charged with corruption. Four carloads of police and prosecutors arrived at the mayor’s house in the affluent Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood before 6am. Prosecutors later filed corruption charges against Crivella and 25 others, saying in a statement that wiretaps, seizur...

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