Pubdate: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 Source: BBC News (UK Web) Copyright: 2000 BBC Feedback: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/ Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Forum: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/forum/ BRAZIL DRUG-TRAFFICKING PROBE ACCUSES 800 A congressional commission in Brazil investigating drug-trafficking has approved its final report, recommending that more than eight-hundred people, including politicians, police officers and business leaders, be indicted. The commission worked for fourteen months, uncovering a network of criminals who use Brazil as a transit point for smuggling drugs from neighbouring Colombia, Bolivia and Peru to the United States and Europe. The report will now go to the public prosecutor's office. But correspondents say the challenges of bringing anyone to trial are huge. For example, three of the politicians named have parliamentary immunity from prosecution. From the newsroom of the BBC World Service - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom