Office of the Comptroller General (CGU)
Federal body for internal control, oversight and anti-corruption, originating in 2001; takes part, together with the AGU, in leniency agreements (role confirmed in other entries in the archive).
Figures on the dashboard
- R$3.80 billion — Odebrecht's leniency agreement with the MPF-PR (Dec. 2016), total amount payable in Brazil (Provided for in agreements, Dec. 2016)
- R$2.73 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Odebrecht (now Novonor) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$2.87 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Braskem S.A. (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.49 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Andrade Gutierrez (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.40 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Camargo Corrêa (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.93 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — OAS (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$574.7 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — UTC Participações S.A. (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$516.3 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Nova Participações S.A. (formerly Engevix) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$11.51 billion — Sum of the amounts agreed by the CGU/AGU with seven companies (selection made by this research; the CGU does not classify by operation) (Odebrecht, Braskem, Andrade Gutierrez, Camargo Corrêa, OAS, UTC, Nova Participações/Engevix) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$20.12 billion — Amount agreed in all 37 leniency agreements concluded by the CGU/AGU (all operations, including cases outside Lava Jato) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.61 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — SBM Offshore (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$819.8 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Technip Brasil and Flexibras (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$811.8 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Samsung Heavy Industries (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$11.35 billion — Total amount paid by the cooperating companies under CGU/AGU leniency agreements (all operations) (Actually paid, Sept. 2026)
- R$3.24 billion — Amount already paid by seven Lava Jato companies under CGU/AGU leniency agreements (snapshot of Sept. 2023) (Actually paid, Sept. 6, 2023)
On the timeline
Evidence
According to Movimento Econômico (February 28, 2024), Sete Brasil owed about R$17 billion to Brazilian shipyards, Petrobras, and the Shipbuilding Guarantee Fund; in 2019 the CGU recorded liabilities of R$17.4 billion with a low probability of recovery; Petrobras recognized a loss of R$5.6 billion in 2016; the FGCN contributed R$6.3 billion and the FI-FGTS R$2.5 billion; Atlântico Sul, Enseada, and Rio Grande suspended contracts after payments ended.
Source: Sete Brasil: pedido de falência e dívida de R$ 17 bi — Movimento Econômico, Feb. 28, 2024 · News report of February 28, 2024 · open original ↗
Mendes Júnior filed for judicial reorganization on March 8, 2016, in the 1st Business Court of Belo Horizonte (case 0579058-27.2016.8.13.0024); in August 2016 IstoÉ Dinheiro recorded that the workforce had fallen from about 15 thousand to 3.6 thousand workers, that the CGU had declared it unfit to bid and that its chief executive had been convicted to almost 20 years.
Source: Mendes Junior requested its judicial reorganization proceeding in Brazil — Mondaq (law firm note), Mar. 2016 · Mondaq note (date and case number); IstoÉ Dinheiro August 29, 2016 (employment, unfitness) · open original ↗
On May 7, 2015, Attorney General Luís Inácio Adams said at a seminar on the Anticorruption Law that 51 thousand CNPJs of suppliers, investors and service providers depend on the 23 investigated contractors, and defended applying the law without 'serial shutdown' of companies; the head of the CGU, Valdir Simão, stated that leniency agreements would only be concluded with repair of the damage and preservation of the public interest, and that the TCU would need to weigh in.
Source: AGU: Lava Jato pode afetar mais de 51 mil empresas — Gazeta do Povo (Agência O Globo), May 7, 2015 · News report of May 7, 2015 · open original ↗
Provisional Measure No. 703, of December 18, 2015, amended the Anticorruption Law (Law 12.846/2013) to provide for leniency agreements; the Planalto page marks the measure as 'no longer in force.'
Source: Medida Provisória nº 703, de 18 de dezembro de 2015 (acordos de leniência) — Office of the President of the Republic, Dec. 18, 2015 · Heading and art. 1 · open original ↗
The LEPEB-UFF bulletin records, citing O Globo of March 12, 2024, that the government began negotiations with seven companies with Lava Jato leniency agreements (six public-works contractors) to reduce the debts under those agreements, which would total R$8.2 billion.
Source: As empreiteiras e a política externa brasileira no governo Lula III: uma possível reinternacionalização? — ORBIS Bulletin, LEPEB-UFF, vol. 1, no. 4, Dec. 2023 · Bulletin, p. 15 and references (Agostini, 2024) · open original ↗
The 2018 leniency agreement with the CGU/AGU (R$2.7 billion) was designed to be deducted from the total of R$3.8 billion already agreed with the MPF-PR; according to the report, the CGU/AGU amount "will be deducted" from what was agreed with the MPF.
Source: Odebrecht assina leniência com governo e pagará R$ 2,7 bilhões — Consultor Jurídico, July 9, 2018 · body of the report, July 9, 2018 · open original ↗
The CGU's "Agreements entered into" page lists 37 leniency agreements with a total agreed amount of R$20,124,173,505.50, among them Odebrecht (2018, R$2,727,239,997.64), Braskem (2019, R$2,872,154,048.00), Andrade Gutierrez (2018, R$1,489,361,135.28), Camargo Corrêa (2019, R$1,396,128,459.76), OAS (2019, R$1,929,257,982.37), UTC (2017, R$574,658,165.21), and Nova Participações/Engevix (2019, R$516,301,313.70).
Source: Acordos de Leniência celebrados (CGU) — Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), Sept. 2026 · table "Leniency Agreements entered into" and "Grand total" row · open original ↗
CGU leniency dashboard (updated September 2026): 37 agreements entered into, 16 negotiations under way, R$20.12 billion agreed, R$11.35 billion in total amount paid (includes principal, interest, and late-payment fine), and R$11 billion in principal paid.
Source: Acordo de Leniência — panorama (CGU) — Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), Sept. 2026 · "Overview" panel of the page · open original ↗
CNN Brasil (September 6, 2023), attributing to the CGU: seven Lava Jato companies total R$11.5 billion agreed, R$3.24 billion paid (about 28%), and just over R$8 billion payable.
Source: Empresas da Lava-Jato ainda devem mais de R$ 8 bilhões em acordos de leniência com a CGU — CNN Brasil, Sept. 6, 2023 · body of the report · open original ↗
The CGU is a federal agency for internal control, oversight and anti-corruption, originating in 2001 as the Office of the Inspector General of the Union (Corregedoria-Geral da União).
Source: Controladoria-Geral da União (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · lead · open original ↗