Overview

• OFAC added Viviane Barci de Moraes and Lex – Instituto de Estudos Jurídicos to the Global Magnitsky list, blocking U.S. assets and prohibiting transactions with U.S. persons.
• The Treasury described Lex as a family holding that owns Moraes-linked real estate, as recent reports detailed purchases including a R$12 million house in Brasília.
• The State Department also revoked visas for multiple Brazilian officials and relatives tied to Moraes’s orbit, including AGU chief Jorge Messias and former TSE and STF aides.
• Brazil’s Foreign Ministry, the Supreme Federal Court and the federal judges’ association condemned the move as undue interference and an affront to judicial independence.
• Analysts and legal experts warned of practical fallout for the sanctioned targets, including banking, credit-card and technology-service restrictions, while political negotiations in Brasília on sentence reductions or amnesty cooled.