In addition to Spohr, police arrested another owner of the club, Mauro Hoffman.

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Mr Spohr says that in financial services it will in a few years be nothing unusual for big multinationals to have 20-25% of their staff in India.

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Nightclub owners Mauro Hoffmann and Elissandro Spohr and two members of the Gurizada Fandangueira band, Marcelo de Jesus dos Santos and Luciano Bonilha Leao, face trial for manslaughter.

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The four defendants, club owners Elissandro Spohr and Mauro Hoffman, vocalist Marcelo de Jesus dos Santos, and show producer Luciano Bonilha, face charges of multiple homicides and attempted homicides.

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