The new erga omnes normative standard instituted by “Car Wash”
Operation “car wash”, for sure, meant a radical change in the way Brazilian criminal Justice Works. The less lenient treatment with those investigated, the recurrent appeal against preventive prison and the broad use of plea bargaining may be its most outstanding features. In a society outworn by corruption, the popular support to the operation was […]
The impudent flag of the attack to the Supreme Federal Court
The advances made by “lava jato” are undeniable. Corruption and money laundering have been punished, and impunity is no longer the norm. Billions of reais were returned to the public coffers. Brazil has advanced international cooperation to elucidate complex financial crimes and locate deviant values. There have been many hits, but mistakes and excesses have […]
#Me too
There is not a single criminal lawyer in the country who does not see Dr. Antonio Claudio Mariz de Oliveira as a reference in advocacy; in fact, Mariz is reference of some generations of lawyers, including those who are not related to criminal law. And the general admiration for Dr. Mariz is not only due […]