"For nearly 12 years, Oscar Centeno, the driver for a high-ranking official in the governments of Nestor and Cristina Kirchner, meticulously recorded every trip he made with bags full of cash, the proceeds of alleged bribes paid by construction companies in exchange for government contracts. He detailed schedules, routes, namesand even the weight of the bags when he couldn't calculate how many dollars they contained."
"The notebooks in which he recorded all these trips were the starting point of the investigation that has led to the biggest corruption case in Argentine history: the so-called notebooks case. On Thursday, the trial begins against Cristina Kirchner as the alleged head of an illicit bribery ring, for which 19 former Kirchner administration officials and 65 businesspeople, among other defendants, will also stand trial."
Oscar Centeno recorded nearly 12 years of trips transporting bags of cash for a high-ranking official, noting schedules, routes, namesand bag weights when dollar amounts were unknown. Those notebooks initiated an investigation that became Argentina's largest corruption case. The trial begins against Cristina Kirchner as the alleged head of an illicit bribery ring implicating 19 former officials and 65 businesspeople. Kirchner is serving a six-year sentence in a separate corruption case and has been under house arrest since June. Her defense calls the proceedings a witch hunt and an act of revenge. Prosecutors allege a 2003–2015 fundraising system with business agreements to secure public works contracts and reciprocal benefits.
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