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27 statements · 1 politicians · September 16, 2025
Statements by Sérgio Moro. 27 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: National Security.
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- Neutral
About: investigate and punish criminals regardless of political affiliation
Senators, I return to speak on this very important subject, and the eyes of society are focused on this matter today, which was the murder of the former Delegate-General of the Civil Police of the State of São Paulo, Delegate Ruy Fontes, cowardly murdered yesterday in an ambush in the State of São Paulo.
- Neutral
About: investigate organized crime's participation in the attack
As far as everything indicates — and the investigations will confirm or not this fact — it was an attack carried out by organized crime.
- Neutral
About: recognize the role of agents in confronting organized crime
And the Delegate became notable in his career for confronting these criminal organizations, especially the PCC.
- For
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
Look, we cannot lose this war against organized crime.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
And, so that we do not lose this battle, we need to protect the agents of the law who take on the risks of carrying out this confrontation, whether they are police officers, whether they are judges, whether they are members of the MPF (Federal Public Ministry), or even public agents from other careers.
- Neutral
About: conduct joint operations to combat organized crime infiltration in economic sectors
Let us take the example of the recent operation carried out against the infiltration of organized crime in the fuel market, in which there were Federal Revenue Service agents and state revenue service agents present.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
What we cannot do is put these people on the front line against organized crime and simply leave them afterwards unprotected and without any support.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
The Delegate was retired and, because of that condition, did not have the necessary protection.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
And here I remind this House of a bill of my authorship, which I presented in 2023, Bill 1,307 of 2023, which I presented also because of my experience of having been threatened by organized crime in retaliation for the work I did as Minister of Justice and Public Security.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
I presented this bill, which had an accelerated procedure before the Federal Senate — it was approved quickly in the CCJ, even unanimously — and it went to the Chamber of Deputies.
- Neutral
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
There it was approved in the CCJ and awaits a vote by the Plenary of that House.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
Among the various measures we put forward, one of them should be highlighted for this moment, which is the provision that law enforcement agents, whether active or retired, may receive police protection when, even retired, they still find themselves in a situation of risk as a result of having exercised their former function, because, with respect to those who confront organized crime, the risk does not end with inactivity, the risk does not end with retirement.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
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.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
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.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
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.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
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.
- For
About: guarantee police protection to active and retired law enforcement agents
So, there is no privilege here that we are discussing or defending; on the contrary, it is a necessary protection under the law.
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.
- For
About: place crime leaders in the Regime Disciplinar Diferenciado (RDD)
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.
- For
About: place crime leaders in the Regime Disciplinar Diferenciado (RDD)
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.
- For
About: place crime leaders in the Regime Disciplinar Diferenciado (RDD)
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.
- For
About: place crime leaders in the Regime Disciplinar Diferenciado (RDD)
In fact, we put the whole country on alert so that there would be no reaction from the PCC.
- For
About: place crime leaders in the Regime Disciplinar Diferenciado (RDD)
We had a successful transfer, without incidents, and we did not have, subsequently, a rebellion — let us put it that way — by the PCC against the population, against the authorities, as had occurred back in 2006.
For that we had courageous people in command of the respective institutions and agencies, and Delegate Ruy Fontes, then Delegate-General of the Civil Police, was one of those brave men who put himself and his services forward to do what had to be done, so that we could tirelessly combat organized crime.
He did not deserve what happened yesterday, but we need to recognize here his bravery and, likewise, his heroism in confronting the PCC.
May God have him; may God receive him in the hall of heroes after this event.
I am certain that he is also being honored where he deserves to be honored, but he also needs to be honored in our memory. That is all, Mr. President.
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