Federal Police Delegates Rebuke Toffoli’s Handling of Banco Master Probes

Overview

• The National Association of Federal Police Delegates issued a public note calling the current scenario in the Master inquiries “manifestly atypical” and an affront to delegates’ prerogatives.
• Decisions cited include cutting the window for interviewing suspects from five to two days and requiring that statements be taken at the Supreme Court building.
• The note also flags court-ordered confrontations between witnesses, instructions to seal and transfer seized items, and the nominal designation of forensic experts as departures from PF protocols.
• Following criticism, the relator reversed an initial order to keep seized material at the Supreme Court and assigned the Prosecutor General’s Office to conduct the first review with participation of some PF experts.
• The association underscores that Supreme Court justices exercise constitutional jurisdiction while Federal Police authorities direct criminal investigations, warning that the measures could impair technical and impartial fact-finding.