STF Orders Full Release of Banco Master Files as Mendonça Publishes 53 Cases

Overview

• STF president Edson Fachin gave relator André Mendonça 24 hours on Friday to remove secrecy and send all Operação Compliance Zero materials to the other ministers for review.
• Mendonça expanded public access by lifting secrecy on a total of 53 processes that now include probes linked to the film Dark Horse and inquiries naming Flávio Bolsonaro, Ciro Nogueira, Jaques Wagner and Cláudio Castro.
• Ministers Cristiano Zanin and Alexandre de Moraes have demanded direct access to the full media extracted from ex-controller Daniel Vorcaro’s cellphone and criticized what they call selective disclosure by the relator.
• The Federal Police have summoned current and former Banco Central officials, including Gabriel Galípolo and Roberto Campos Neto, plus private bankers, to testify as part of the Compliance Zero probe.
• The expanded disclosures have intensified an institutional crisis at the Supreme Court, prompted political maneuvering from the Planalto around the Flávio Bolsonaro files, and left unresolved legal questions about chain of custody and ongoing police diligences.