Economics
Brazil Corruption Probe Has No Expiration Date, Judge Moro Says
- Sergio Moro defends sentence of Lula, saying was transparent
- Fighting corruption also depends on changes to Constitution
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Sergio Moro, the Brazilian judge who put some of the country’s most powerful business leaders and politicians behind bars, says there’s no end in sight for the country’s sprawling graft probe, known as Carwash.
Much remains to be done to combat corruption in Brazil, the 45-year-old judge said in an interview at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. That includes eliminating special privileges politicians enjoy before the law and streamlining the judiciary to reduce delays and impunity. Yet so far Brazil is doing its share to overcome "shameful" systemic corruption, Moro said.