Mauricio Savarese

Associated Press

An employee demonstrates how an electronic bracelet works at the Sao Paulo-based Synergye, a company that makes the bracelets and monitors inmates.

Corruption Creates Demand for Tracking Bracelets

A major scandal that has ensnared its political and economic elite has one sector of this struggling economy booming: electronic monitoring bracelets.

This April 19, 2017 photo shows a computer screen streaming a video of Emilio Odebrecht, right, during his plea bargain deposition, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Often grinning on camera, Odebrecht, former CEO of the Brazilian constructor at the center of the world's biggest corruption scandal, spoke frankly about the hundreds of millions in bribes and illegal financing that his company put into pockets and campaign coffers.

Former CEO Says Corruption is 'Institutionalized'

Brazilian builder at the center of the world's biggest corruption scandal spoke frankly about the billions in bribes.