Overview

• The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control listed Viviane Barci de Moraes and Lex — Instituto de Estudos Jurídicos on September 22, blocking any U.S.-linked assets and prohibiting transactions with U.S. persons.
• Alexandre de Moraes was sanctioned on July 30 following earlier visa restrictions announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on July 17.
• Brazilian outlets describe the new designations as retaliation connected to Moraes’s role in the Supreme Court case that convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro.
• The Magnitsky framework can bar entry to the United States, cut access to dollar-denominated finance and major U.S.-based payment networks, and trigger wider compliance actions by global banks and tech platforms.
• The announcement coincides with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s trip to the United States for the U.N. General Assembly, and Brazil’s Supreme Court press office declined to comment in initial inquiries.