There are various different forms of government in the world: there’s democracy, aristocracy, technocracy…and crooktocracy, the government of crooks. In this 2nd episode of Crooktocracy, we will fly all over the Atlantic with Chiara to look at a Latin American crooktocracy: Brazil. We will discover the groundbreaking impact of Car Wash. It’s the story of how a small money laundering investigation, which started from a car wash station in Brasilia, led to the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018, Lula’s reelection in 2022, and the assault on the Brazilian Congress in 2023.

Car Wash raises many questions: does the noble intention of fighting corruption justify a dubious method of investigation? Is corruption acceptable if it aids in the adoption of policies that reduce poverty, benefit society as a whole, and would otherwise never have seen the light of day?

Credits: 

Host: Chiara Wehlte 

Editor: Jonathan Wijararatne & Chiara Wehlte

Audio Technician: Charelle Abdallah 

Link to all relevant sources: https://linktr.ee/crooktocracycarwash