Sérgio Moro: Of course, this designation made by the United States does not solve all problems.
Sérgio Moro: Of course, the task of combating these organizations is Brazil's.
We do, indeed, have to organize ourselves to toughen legislation, to organize task forces to dismantle them.
Sérgio Moro: But it is evident that this action by the U.S. government facilitates our work at the international level.
Sérgio Moro: But what was Lula's reaction? He was opposed to that designation, alleging a supposed violation of our sovereignty, as if our sovereignty served to protect those whom Lula called—quotation marks because the phrase is his—"our criminals."