funnel
ブラジルのVaccari氏が汚職疑惑で逮捕されました。石油や建設会社から賄賂を受け取っていた疑いが持たれております。彼は，ブラジル大統領率いる労働党と同盟を組んでおり，連立与党の中で最も影響力のある党であったようです。したがって，この逮捕の影響は大統領にも派生すると考えられております。
記事の中で気になった単語は"funnel"です。「じょうご」という名詞でおなじみだと思いますが，『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）をみると「（資金・情報などを）を流す, つぎ込む, 注ぐ」などという意味がありました。ここでは「つぎ込まれた資金」を指しております。ODには"Guide or channel (something) through or as if through a funnel"とありました。「じょうご」は入り口が大きくなっており，出口が小さくなっているもので，液体を入れ物に入れるときなどに使われます。じょうごに入れられる液体が資金や情報にも感覚が似ているのかもしれません。金は天下の回り物という表現があるようにお金には，「資金流通」，「キャッシュフロー計算書」「金の流れ」などなど，フローを意識する言葉がありますね。（Ume）
Brazil Petrobras scandal: Workers Party treasurer Vaccari arrested
"Anyone responsible for such severe crimes, including using the position of treasurer of a political party to raise criminal funds and corrupt the political system, is a risk to public order," a judge handling the case, Sergio Moro, said in a court order.
Police arrested the treasurer in Sao Paulo as he was going for a morning walk.
Prosecutors say they have "ample proof" that Joao Vaccari, acting as the Workers' Party treasurer, asked for donations from former Petrobras services division chief Renato Duque and executives at companies who won Petrobras contracts.
During the wide-ranging investigation into Petrobras, dozens of executives from six of Brazil's largest engineering companies and two former Petrobras managers have been indicted for money laundering, bribery and of funnelling money from the company to politicians.
Prosecutors have asked the Supreme Court to investigate dozens of legislators including the speakers of both houses of Congress for allegedly receiving the bribes.
President Rousseff's opponents have argued that she must have known about the bribery scheme because she served as chair on Petrobras's board at a time when it was taking place.
The scandal has meant Petrobras, one of the largest oil businesses in the world, has lost much of its market value since September.
