Sérgio Moro: We saw, last week, a reflection of the leniency of our current system toward those who have no limits in the exploitation of economic activity and who disregard the rules.
Sérgio Moro: There are companies that are formed primarily to trade and to engage in apparently legitimate activity without fulfilling the obligations to which all other taxpayers are subject, thus giving them a competitive advantage in the market that ends up affecting other companies.
I, personally, as a judge, had cases in which I witnessed import companies that were created and operated for roughly a year and did not pay any taxes, paying only those levies they could not avoid — notably Import Duty — as well as PIS-Cofins and taxes on profits.
Sérgio Moro: They paid nothing. And they competed in the market with large companies, enjoying a competitive advantage over other companies.
Sérgio Moro: The company operated for a year, closed its doors, changed its CNPJ, changed its names, but when you looked, it was the same people.