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| Brazil Petrobras scandal: Police raid former president Lula's home | |
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| Brazilian police have raided the home of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of a huge fraud inquiry into the state oil company Petrobras. | |
| The former president was being brought in for questioning, reports have said. | The former president was being brought in for questioning, reports have said. |
| Mr Lula, who left office in 2011, has denied allegations of corruption. | |
| The long-running inquiry, known as Operation Car Wash, is probing accusations of corruption and money laundering at Petrobras. | |
| Officials say some 33 search warrants and 11 detention warrants are being carried out. | |
| Some 200 federal police agents were deployed in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Bahia. | |
| Mr Lula's house in Sao Bernardo, near Sao Paulo, was raided early on Friday. | |
| The headquarters of the former president's institute in Sao Paulo was also a target, as well as addresses linked to one of his sons, Fabio Luis. | |
| One of the lines of inquiry is that construction companies targeted by the operation could have paid for the development of Mr Lula's ranch. | |
| Dozens of executives and politicians have been arrested or are under investigation on suspicion of overcharging contracts with Petrobras and using part of the money to pay for bribes. | |
| Mr Lula served two terms as president and was succeeded in office by his political protege, Dilma Rousseff. |