THE REFLECTIONS OF THE CLEAN HANDS OPERATION AND THE TORTORA CASE IN THE BRAZILIAN AWARDWINNING COLLABORATION

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the Brazilian and the Italian legal systems, which, although geographically distant, are very similar to each other, especially two of the largest anti-corruption operations ever developed in the world: the Operation Clean Hands, which occurred in Italy in the 1990s, and the current Operation Car Wash in Brazil. A brief analysis of what happened in the European country is extremely important in trying to predict the path Brazil is taking, seeking to prevent the same mistakes from repeating themselves. Finally, examining how the Tortora Case has been developed, in which false allegations and a precarious set of evidence were used to convict an innocent man as a mobster, is also of vital importance in order to demonstrate the obscure reality of the award-winning collaboration, a reality that nobody seems to want to admit that exists.