Lúcio Vaz, a journalist from the Brazilian newspaper Correio Braziliense, exposed one of the largest parliamentary corruption cases in the country’s history. The case involved the diversion of state funds for the fraudulent purchase of ambulances in a region of Brazil with no health services. Vaz shared first prize with a series by a group of 11 journalists from the Colombian newspaper Semana about the penetration of paramilitaries in national politics, which caused upheaval in the country. The phenomenon, called “parapolitics”, showed how the alliance between politicians and paramilitaries resulted in electoral strategies to guarantee victory for the paramilitaries’ political allies. More information can be found at: www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases/2007/2007_06_26_investig_journalist_tilac