The country's O Globo newspaper said that a spokeswoman for the federal police investigator had confirmed the criminal investigation had been finished and sent to the ministry of justice.
Meanwhile, Argentina's highest criminal court has confirmed the dismissal of a trial against former President Fernando de la Rua, who was accused of being responsible for the killing of five protesters in 2001.
"Even if some of his statements are misleading by their negative implication that Mr. Bakaly was not a source of information that he in fact supplied or confirmed, such a finding does not provide a sufficient basis for a criminal contempt conviction for making false statements, " Johnson wrote in a 50-page ruling.