An article from Transparency International on 23rd July says that a decision in one case before the Supreme Court has halted most of the country’s money laundering investigations. The decision threatens one of the most important investigative tools against corruption and leaves Brazil at odds with the international AML regime. The case involved the sharing of STR data by the country’s FIU (COAF) with the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office investigating the Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (the President’s son) and his assistant. The Court said COAF could only share generic data, such as the name of the account holder and total amounts received, but not details of the transactions without a court order due to bank secrecy rules.
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