Sérgio Moro: It is exactly the opposite: the risk is accentuated, especially because, out of active service, the police officer, the judge, the prosecutor stop circulating as frequently within the circles of Justice or the police and become more exposed to possible attacks carried out by organized crime.
Sérgio Moro: We even have a personal situation reported by Prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya himself, who is also one of those on the front line against organized crime, who will soon be of retirement age and will have difficulties retiring because, if he retires, he also runs the risk of losing that protection, but it is not only Ruy Fontes, it is not only Lincoln Gakiya, there are hundreds of public servants, police officers, judges, prosecutors and professionals from other careers who expose themselves daily to confronting organized crime.
If we do not give them protection... Look, it is not a privilege, it is a necessary protection so that they can fulfill and properly perform their function.
Sérgio Moro: No one is happy to have to have protection, to have to use an armored car, to have police in their escort, because that, in fact, also ends up creating restrictions on that individual's privacy and freedom.
Sérgio Moro: So, there is no privilege here that we are discussing or defending; on the contrary, it is a necessary protection under the law.