STF Panel Reaches Majority to Open Criminal Case Against Eduardo Tagliaferro

Overview

• Relator Alexandre de Moraes was joined by Cristiano Zanin and Flávio Dino in a 3–0 virtual vote, with Cármen Lúcia’s vote pending until November 14.
• Accepting the PGR complaint moves the case into the evidentiary phase and does not determine guilt.
• The PGR accuses Tagliaferro of four crimes—breach of official secrecy, coercion during proceedings, obstruction of an organized-crime investigation, and attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law—with combined penalties reported at up to about 22 years.
• Prosecutors and police say he leaked confidential STF and TSE communications to the press to discredit investigations, coordinated with others, threatened further disclosures from abroad, and tried to mislead investigators by presenting a different phone.
• Tagliaferro remains under judicial measures in Italy after an October detention in Calabria, Brazil’s extradition request is pending for a December 17 hearing, and his defense changed after Eduardo Kuntz withdrew and Paulo Farias assumed representation.