Lula was convicted of corruption and money laundering in two criminal cases that accused him of taking bribes from ...

When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation’s most ...

A scowl on Sergio Moro’s face tends to be a bad omen for Brazilian presidents. As the lead judge of Brazil’s landmark “Car Wash” corruption investigation, in 2016 Moro helped unleash a ...

Sérgio Moro, Brazil's former justice minister, is running for president. (Eraldo Peres/AP) Mac Margolis, an adviser to the Brazilian Igarapé Institute, writes frequently about Latin America.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Jair Bolsonaro, and Sergio Moro, three major candidates in the 2022 presidential election, have a turbulent and intertwined past.

And the Federal Police, commanded by Sérgio Moro, has asked for all the reports of my financial activities—coincidentally, after living 15 years in Brazil, suddenly as I’m doing this reporting.

For many Brazilians, it marked the end of elite impunity. Led by a team of young prosecutors, the judge Sergio Moro – now minister of justice – presided over its most notable prosecutions.

Sérgio Moro was heralded around the world as some great figure. He was named to the Time 100 list in 2016 and went to the gala in New York.

Brazil's former Justice Minister Sergio Moro attends the Podemos Party membership ceremony for General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (not pictured) in Brasilia, Brazil, November 25, 2021.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Justice Minister Sergio Moro presented an anti-crime bill Monday that seeks to toughen Brazil's approach to organized crime, corruption and violence. Key measures include ...

FILE - Demonstrators wear jerseys with the face of Judge Sergio Moro, who is heading the Petrobras investigation, as they protest on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 13, 2016.

The unassuming, 45-year-old Sergio Moro has jailed many of Brazil's rich and powerful, formerly presumed unimpeachable. Moro plays down accolades but some want him to run for president.