Sérgio Moro: I was a judge for 22 years and, although I had cases involving white-collar crimes, I also had proceedings against gangs of drug traffickers, leaders of organized criminal groups.
Sérgio Moro: This method of hiring henchmen to eliminate or intimidate opponents is typical of leaders of drug trafficking gangs, and here we see a banker carrying out these actions!
It is necessary here to highlight, then, the courage of Minister André Mendonça, always very serene, very calm.
Sérgio Moro: When I saw the news of that ordering of preventive detention, I immediately thought: "The facts must be very serious, since preventive detention is exceptional and since Minister André Mendonça is a Minister who acts with great serenity and caution," but anyone who reads this decision promptly agrees with the measure that was taken.
Sérgio Moro: Perhaps, from this drastic measure, we can begin again to clarify various facts that haunt this Republic and perhaps we can also cleanse this Republic — a work that was begun in Operation Lava Jato, which, however, was later dismantled for political reasons, solely with the objective of allowing not only impunity to return but, as is revealed by the scandal of the theft from INSS retirees and pensioners and likewise by the Banco Master scandal, for thievery to return.