Em missão oficial aos Estados Unidos, Moro intensifica cooperação entre os dois países

Ministry of Justice note (March 19, 2019): on the mission as a member of the presidential delegation, Moro met with Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (DHS), with U.S. Attorney General and minister of justice William Barr and with FBI Director Christopher A. Wray. With Nielsen, he explained the anti-crime package and cited the model of U.S. maximum-security prisons; Barr stressed the importance of Brazil joining the Budapest Convention; with Wray, he discussed terrorism, undercover agents and the 'Going Dark' problem. Moro also attended a working lunch hosted by the FBI's head of international operations, Rhouda Fegali, with FBI and DHS agents.

Source: Em missão oficial aos Estados Unidos, Moro intensifica cooperação entre os dois países — Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Mar. 19, 2019 · paragraphs 'Reunião' (Meeting) and 'Agenda' (Schedule) · open original ↗

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Limitations: This is the ministry's own version of the content of the meetings; there are no minutes or version from the American side. Wayback copy.

According to the ministry's note, the Ministry of Justice entered into institutional cooperation agreements with the FBI and the DHS, signed by PF Director-General Maurício Valeixo, who was part of the delegation. The agreement with the FBI provides for the exchange of fingerprint-identifying information in criminal investigations; the arrangement with the DHS provides for exchanging the assignment of liaison officers between the two countries.

Source: Em missão oficial aos Estados Unidos, Moro intensifica cooperação entre os dois países — Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Mar. 19, 2019 · paragraphs 2 to 4 · open original ↗

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Limitations: The note does not say on what day the agreements were signed (Pública says March 18). The texts of the agreements were not released at the time, according to Agência Brasil; Moro is not identified as a signatory, Valeixo is.

The ministry's note states that Moro was accompanied by PF Director-General Maurício Valeixo, DRCI director Erika Marena, PF Director of Investigation and Combating Organized Crime Igor de Paula and head of the Special International Advisory Office Georgia Diogo; Erika Marena met with the Office of International Affairs (OIA) of the U.S. DOJ, to present the new management and align the execution of legal assistance cases. Moro also attended the Brazil-U.S. Business Council dinner, Trump's lunch at the White House and the ceremony at Arlington Cemetery, according to the presidential schedule. The delegation traveled on Sunday the 17th and was to return on Tuesday night the 19th.

Source: Em missão oficial aos Estados Unidos, Moro intensifica cooperação entre os dois países — Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Mar. 19, 2019 · final paragraphs · open original ↗

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Limitations: Moro's presence at Arlington and at the White House lunch comes from the presidential schedule, cited by the note; Moro's March 19 schedule also lists them. The OIA meeting was Marena's, not Moro's.