On August 18, 2017, Brazilian authorities confirm that they were investigating allegations that Greek shipping companies paid bribes to obtain contracts from Petrobras. According to prosecutors, Konstantinos Kotronakis, Greece’s consul in Rio de Janeiro, paid bribes and provided insider information to help the Greek shipping companies win more than USD 500 million worth of contracts from Petrobras from 2009 to 2013. The bribes, worth 2 percent of the contracts, were paid to civil servants, financial operators and politicians, investigators said. The companies include Olympic Agencies, Perosea Shipping, Tsakos Aegean Dynacom Tankers Management, Galbraiths and Dorian Hellas.
Ο Έλληνας Πρόξενος στο Rio de Janeiro Κωνσταντίνος Κοτρονάκης δωροδοκούσ...