Brazilian Court Bans Flávio Bolsonaro from Leaving Country in Money Laundering Case
Brazilian authorities have banned defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving the country and ordered him to surrender his passports as part of a money laundering investigation. The Supreme Court judge issued the order one day after Bolsonaro lost the election. The investigation concerns alleged money laundering linked to companies and online sports betting, with federal police finding evidence connecting Bolsonaro to a bank account belonging to a lawyer's firm. Bolsonaro denies the allegations and called the measure an intimidation attempt, saying he never planned to leave Brazil. Bolsonaro lost Sunday's runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won with 51.8 percent of the vote. The senator now seeks to have Lula's victory invalidated over alleged abuse of state resources, and faces a separate corruption probe related to film financing.