Abstract Investigations by the press have revealed that Operation Car Wash, an anti-corruption task force, received support from the FBI, the American federal agency of criminal investigation. This paper analyses the transnational connections between Brazilian and American law enforcement officers, which led to the formulation and conduction of Operation Car Wash, reconstituting its transnational dimensions, which have yet to receive much attention in the specialised literature. To accomplish this, we have mobilised the field thinking tool developed by Pierre Bourdieu and his interpreters in International Relations, enabling us to reflect on the interactions between police within a specialised social space promoter of socialisation, competition, and cooperation. Beginning with documental research, we have identified the national and international actors involved in the operation, the power relationships between them, their patterns and spaces of interaction, and potential political impacts.
Resumo Investigações da imprensa revelaram que a Operação Lava Jato, uma força-tarefa anticorrupção, recebeu apoio do FBI, a agência federal americana de investigação criminal. Este artigo analisa as conexões transnacionais entre agentes da lei brasileiros e americanos que levaram à formulação e à condução da Operação Lava Jato, reconstituindo suas dimensões transnacionais, que ainda não receberam muita atenção na literatura especializada. Para isso, mobilizamos a ferramenta de pensamento de campo desenvolvida por Pierre Bourdieu e seus intérpretes nas Relações Internacionais, o que nos permitiu refletir sobre as interações entre policiais em um espaço social especializado, promotor de socialização, competição e cooperação. Começando com a pesquisa documental, identificamos os atores nacionais e internacionais envolvidos na operação, as relações de poder entre eles, seus padrões e espaços de interação e os possíveis impactos políticos.
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