Amaury Ribeiro Jr. is a Brazilian journalist, known for his works as an investigative journalist at newspapers and publications such as ''

O Globo ''O Globo'' (, ''The Globe'') is a Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro. ''O Globo'' is the leading daily newspaper in the country and the most prominent print publication in the Grupo Globo media conglomerate. Founded by journalist Ir ...

'', '' IstoÉ'', ''

Correio Braziliense The ''Correio Braziliense'' (in English, ''Mail of Brasília'', after the archaic demonym) is a daily newspaper in Brazil. The paper was first published on 21 April 1960. Its founder is Assis Chateaubriand. The paper has its headquarters in Br ...

'' and ''

Estado de Minas ''Estado de Minas'' (abbreviated ''EM'') is a Brazilian newspaper published in the capital of Minas Gerais state, Belo Horizonte. Its foundation dates are as late as 1928, and one year later it was bought by Assis Chateaubriand's Diários Associad ...

''. He has won three

Esso Journalism Award ''ExxonMobil Journalism Award'' (''Prêmio ExxonMobil de Jornalismo''), previously known as Esso Journalism Award (''Prêmio Esso de Jornalismo''), formerly known as Esso Reportage Award (''Prêmio Esso de Reportagem''), is an annual Brazilian jou ...

s and four

Vladimir Herzog Award Vladimir Herzog Award ( Portuguese: ''Prêmio Jornalistico Vladimir Herzog de Anistia e Direitos Humanos'') is a Brazilian award for journalists who excel in the coverage of human rights issues in the national press. It was created in 1979 by t ...

s. Today, he is part of the

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(ICIJ) and executive producer of journalism at

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. In 2007, when working at ''Correio Braziliense'', he was investigating homicides linked to the drug trafficking surrounding the

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, and was shot as an

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. The suspected shooter was the nephew of

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mayor Sonia Melo (PSDB) and Amaury had to stay under police care until he was transferred to the newspaper ''Estado de Minas'', owned by the same group of ''Correio''. He then focused on political subjects, specializing in

money laundering Money laundering is the process of illegally concealing the origin of money obtained from illicit activities (often known as dirty money) such as drug trafficking, sex work, terrorism, corruption, and embezzlement, and converting the funds i ...

. He gained notoriety on 2011 after publishing the book '' A Privataria Tucana'', in which he reveals documents about supposed irregularities in privatizations that allegedly occurred during the administration of the

PSDB The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (, PSDB), also known as the Brazilian Social Democratic Party or the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy,. is a centre-right political party in Brazil. As the formerly third largest party in the National ...

, the former president

Fernando Henrique Cardoso Fernando Henrique Cardoso (; born 18 June 1931), also known by his initials FHC (), is a Brazilian sociologist, professor, and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003. He was the first Brazi ...

and that friends and relatives of the PSDB's ex-presidential candidate

José Serra José Serra Chirico (; born 19 March 1942) is a Brazilian politician who has served as a Congressman, Senator, Minister of Planning, Minister of Health, Mayor of São Paulo, Governor of São Paulo state, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil) ...

, would have held companies in tax shelters and moved millions of dollars between 1993 and 2003.

Bibliography

*2011: '' A Privataria Tucana'', Geração Editorial.

References

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