On a Thursday in May 2026, the São Paulo State Police launched Operação Falsa Las Vegas (“False Las Vegas”). Asset freezes of R$ 5.2 billion (roughly USD 1 billion). Seizure…

You run a mid-sized company. Your in-house counsel is your daughter, also a lawyer. She has no client portfolio of her own — the company is her only client. She…

Criminal defense and marathon running require the same kind of preparation. A runner who completes 42 kilometers learns something about planning, patience, awareness of personal limits, and resilience. A criminal…

The procedural autonomy of money laundering does not solve every problem for the prosecution. Under Brazilian law, it allows a money laundering case to proceed without a prior conviction for…

In previous articles, the Lucchesi Advocacia Blog examined chain of custody and the validity of digital evidence in depth. The topic dominated doctrinal discussions in 2025 and, in 2026, remains…

Operation Sangue Impuro investigated irregularities in the importation of horses. The suspect’s name first appeared in a plea agreement in 2015. In 2018, when the police inquiry was formally opened,…

You arrive at your office on a Monday morning and find out your bank accounts are frozen. The company’s accounts, too. Your corporate card is declined. The finance department calls…

On March 27, 2026, Justice Cristiano Zanin, of the Brazilian Supreme Court, annulled Anthony Garotinho's conviction of nearly 14 years in prison for electoral corruption, criminal association, document suppression, and…

In Brazil, Law No. 12,850/2013 — often referred to in English as the Organized Crime Act — gave prosecutors and police powerful tools to investigate complex criminal schemes. That expansion…