Brazilian Court Orders Flávio Bolsonaro to Surrender Passports in Money Laundering Probe

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Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered defeated candidate Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender his passports and banned him from leaving the country. The decision was issued Sunday night in a money laundering investigation involving Bolsonaro and lawyer Willer Tomaz. The investigation, which moved to the Supreme Court in October, examines an alleged scheme involving Tomaz's companies and betting operations. Moraes also prohibited contact between the two men and ordered the cancellation of all Brazilian passports, including diplomatic ones, with any foreign passports to be handed over within 24 hours. Bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing, claiming the decision was based on his brother Eduardo's podcast remarks suggesting he should leave Brazil if he lost the election. Police evidence includes bank records showing Bolsonaro as a master user of a company account in Portugal's tax haven Madeira.


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