Sérgio Moro

Sérgio Moro
Personal details
Born (1972-11-26) November 26, 1972
Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
Alma mater Maringa State University and Federal University of Paraná
Profession Federal Judge

Sérgio Fernando Moro (born November 26, 1972) is a Brazilian federal judge who has gained national fame for commanding the prosecution of the crimes identified in the investigation nicknamed Operação Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash, in English), a case of high-profile scandals of corruption and bribery involving government officials and business executives.[1][2]

Moro holds a press conference in September 2015.

Sérgio Moro earned his bachelors of law degree at Maringa State University in 1995, and became a federal judge in 1996. He also studied abroad through an exchange program at Harvard Law School in 1998. He earned a doctorate at the Federal University of Paraná in 2002. Currently, he is an adjunct law professor there and acts as a federal judge in high-profile cases—including Operation Carwash.[3] In 2007, he participated in the United States Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program in which he visited U.S. agencies and institutions responsible for preventing and combating money laundering.[4]

Besides working on Operation Carwash, he also coordinated the criminal case dubbed "Banestado," which resulted in the prosecution of 97 individuals, and Operation "Farol da Colina"—in which he decreed the preventive arrest of 103 suspects for committing money laundering, tax evasion and other crimes. Among the arrested was Alberto Youssef, also accused in the Carwash case. He participated on the judicial team prosecuting the Mensalão scandal as well.

Moro is married and has two children.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Effects of Petrobras scandal leave brazilians lamenting a lost dream". Retrieved 2016. "If any good has come from the Petrobras debacle it is the flickering sense that this time could be different. Part of the reason is the work of Judge Sérgio Moro, who is overseeing the investigation, officially known as Operação Lava Jato, or Operation Carwash."
  2. ↑ "Sergio Moro fighting corruption should bring benefits to Brazil". Retrieved 2016."Federal Judge Sérgio Moro, in charge of the proceedings opened under Operation Car Wash"..."The judge reported that the evidence gathered during the operation as well as the allegations given under plea bargain indicate that the payment of bribes through contracts at Petrobras was a common practice.
  3. ↑ "Court Ruling threatens to hamper brazilian judge Sergio Moro's anti-corruption success.". Retrieved 2016. "A single federal judge has overseen the adjudication of Brazil’s vast corruption scandal involving state-run oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA, issuing a string of warrants and multiyear prison sentences against some of the country’s most powerful executives."
  4. ↑ Moro, Sergio (28 October 2013). "Curriculum vitae". Currículo Lattes (in Portuguese). CNPq. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Court Ruling Threatens to Hamper Brazilian Judge Sergio Moro’s Anticorruption Success". Retrieved 20 March 2016.

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