Ollanta Humala: the trail of the Venezuela and Odebrecht contributions, the 57 donors who denied paying and what the Constitutional Court left unpunished

Ollanta Humala

Ollanta Humala governed Peru between 2011 and 2016. In April 2025 he became the third former Peruvian president sentenced to prison over facts linked to Odebrecht. Fifteen months later, the Constitutional Court annulled the entire proceedings. This piece does not follow the sentence, but the money. It reconstructs which contributions the courts traced for the … Read more about Ollanta Humala: the trail of the Venezuela and Odebrecht contributions, the 57 donors who denied paying and what the Constitutional Court left unpunished

Susana Villarán: the trail of Odebrecht and OAS’s US$10 million, the US$11.29 million prosecutors say she laundered and the US$267 million of the tolls

Susana Villarán

Susana Villarán was Mayor of Lima between 2011 and 2014. She is the only former mayor of the Peruvian capital prosecuted over the Odebrecht scandal. She is also the only defendant in this series who publicly admitted the money she received. This piece does not follow the hearings, but the flows. It reconstructs the US$10 … Read more about Susana Villarán: the trail of Odebrecht and OAS’s US$10 million, the US$11.29 million prosecutors say she laundered and the US$267 million of the tolls

Keiko Fujimori: the trail of Dionisio Romero’s US$3.65 million, Odebrecht’s million and the 67 % of campaign money nobody could account for

Keiko Fujimori

Keiko Fujimori took office as President of Peru on 28 July 2026. She arrives with the Cócteles case dismissed, but with three open investigations that the Constitution freezes while she governs. This piece does not follow the judicial decisions, but the money. It reconstructs how much entered her 2011 and 2016 campaigns and from where, … Read more about Keiko Fujimori: the trail of Dionisio Romero’s US$3.65 million, Odebrecht’s million and the 67 % of campaign money nobody could account for

Alejandro Toledo: the former president the United States did hand over, the two extradition extensions and the only case in the series with a final sentence being served

Alejandro Toledo

Alejandro Toledo governed Peru from 2001 to 2006. Of the three former Peruvian presidents investigated over Odebrecht, he is the only one with final convictions that he is serving in prison. His case is also the only one in this series in which international cooperation worked from start to finish. The United States extradited him … Read more about Alejandro Toledo: the former president the United States did hand over, the two extradition extensions and the only case in the series with a final sentence being served

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Westfield Capital, First Capital and the companies that turned a president into a money-laundering defendant

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski governed Peru from 2016 to 2018. He resigned when it emerged that his financial advisory firm had billed Odebrecht while he was a public official. His case file is best understood through the companies that run through it. Westfield Capital, the company he founded himself. First Capital, the firm of his partner … Read more about Pedro Pablo Kuczynski: Westfield Capital, First Capital and the companies that turned a president into a money-laundering defendant