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A Convicted Criminal's Guide to Curbing Corruption in Brazil

By Cecilia Tornaghi

The leader of an illegal money-moving scheme tells all in an exclusive interview with AQ.

This article is adapted from AQ’s latest issue on Latin America's anti-corruption movement | Ler em português

RIO DE JANEIRO - “A life in crime is not as easy as people think.”

For three decades Vinicius Claret worked hard — as a black-market foreign exchange dealer, or doleiro, involved in two of Brazil’s most...

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