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.
Sérgio Moro: I also want to record, at this moment, my solidarity with the family of the former Delegate-General of the Civil Police Ruy Fontes, with his friends, his fellow police officers, and all those who admire his work.
I was Minister of Justice and Public Security and we had the opportunity, at the end of 2018, when I was still in the transitional government and later, in 2019, to jointly organize a major operation against organized crime, which was the transfer of the PCC leadership from the state prisons of São Paulo to federal maximum-security prisons.
Sérgio Moro: They said it could not be done, they said that, if it were done, there would be a retaliation against the country, there would be a nationwide wave of attacks by the PCC.
Sérgio Moro: With the precautions that were taken... And several agencies were involved: the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, the Federal Police, the Federal Highway Police, the Federal Penitentiary Police, the Civil Police of São Paulo, the Military Police of São Paulo, the Armed Forces, and the São Paulo state penitentiary officers.