Brazilian ex-politician José Dirceu has been convicted of corruption and money laundering connected to the Scandal of the oil company Petrobras. Dirceu has been the head of cabinet of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who is also involved in the scandal. Since two years the so-called operation "Lava Jato" reveales new details about a bipartisan, multi-billion dollar corruption network in Brazilian politics. Also current präsident Dilma Rousseff, the suspended president of Parliament Eduardo Cunha and the interim president Micheal Temer are part of the investigations.