Addressing Five Major Compliance Issues Posed by Brazil’s 2016 Olympic Games

Brazil’s president has been stripped of authority and faces impeachment proceedings. High-ranking politicians and major companies stand accused of far-reaching corruption as a result of Operation “Car Wash.” The country is experiencing an economic crisis that enlarges as fast as the political panorama shifts. It is in the midst of this turmoil that Brazil will host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, the first ever hosted in South America. In a guest article, Giovanni Falcetta, Thaísa Toledo Longo, Shin Jae Kim and Renata Muzzi of Brazilian law firm TozziniFreire outline the five largest corruption risks facing companies that seek economic opportunities connected to the Games and detail the laws and regulations governing Olympic-related anti-corruption compliance. For more insight from TozziniFreire, see “Regional Risk Spotlight: Giovanni Falcetta of TozziniFreire Talks Anti-Corruption in Brazil Beyond the Petrobras Scandal” (Mar. 23, 2016). 

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