Lula sentenced to almost 13 years in prison

The Brazilian former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (73) was again sentenced to a prison sentence on Wednesday, this time of 12 years and 11 months.

Lula received 'kickbacks' from the contractors Odebrecht and OAS in the form of renovation of a farm in the city of Atibaia. In return, the left-wing politician would send orders to companies at the state-owned oil company Petrobras. Lula himself claims that the converted building is not his, but a friend's.