# Flavio Bolsonaro probed for corruption as Brazil election tightens

https://mins.news/en/item/54931

- France 24, 2026-09-11 16:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260911-flavio-bolsonaro-probed-for-corruption-as-brazil-election-tightens

> With Brazil’s vote only weeks away, revelations that presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro is being investigated for alleged corruption and money laundering have shaken his campaign. Court documents unsealed Friday show the probe focuses on financing sought for a film about his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro.

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