Odebrecht

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra said he would ask Congress to declare the public prosecutor’s office in a state of emergency after the agency’s top official removed two investigators at the heart of the probe into a massive graft scandal triggered by Brazilian builder Odebrecht.

Operation Car Wash, the investigation into the misuse of funds within Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras, is over a year old—but it is still unabated.