Exclusive: Brazil top court likely to free suspects in ‘Car Wash’ graft probe – source

Brazil’s Supreme Court is likely to begin ordering the release next month of suspects in the country’s biggest corruption investigation who have been held for months without being brought to trial, a senior judicial source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Such a decision would be a setback for Sergio Moro, the federal judge who has put dozens of oil industry and engineering company executives behind bars in the sweeping investigation into political kickbacks on contracts at state companies, code named Operation Car Wash.

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