Federal Police (PF)

PF expert report (completed October 26, 2015, attached to the inquiry on Odebrecht) estimated that improper payments by Petrobras to 27 companies, in 2004–2014, could reach R$42 billion, on a base of R$215.67 billion in payments, with a range from 3% (minimum) to 20% (maximum "conservatively considered").

Source: Novo laudo aponta R$ 42 bilhões de rombo na Petrobras — Tribuna PR (Estadão), Nov. 12, 2015 · body of the report (Estadão), November 12, 2015 · open original ↗

Moro stated, on April 24, 2020, that in the conversation of November 1, 2018 the president promised him carte blanche to appoint aides at bodies such as the PF and the PRF, and that replacing the director-general without cause would violate that promise.

Source: Leia a íntegra e assista ao discurso de demissão de Sergio Moro — Poder360, Apr. 24, 2020 · resignation speech, paragraphs on the invitation and on the replacement of the director-general · open original ↗

On August 16, 2019, Bolsonaro said he would put the PF superintendent in Amazonas, Alexandre Saraiva, in command of the PF in Rio; the dismissal of Superintendent Ricardo Saadi appeared in the Official Gazette on August 30, 2019, and the PF announced Federal Police chief investigator Carlos Henrique Oliveira Souza as the new superintendent, while Bolsonaro defended the name of Alexandre Saraiva.

Source: Moro relaciona troca na PF do RJ a pedido de Queiroz para acesso à investigação — Congresso em Foco, June 23, 2020 · paragraphs 5 to 7 · open original ↗

Businessman Paulo Marinho, Flávio's alternate in the Senate, told Folha that Flávio was warned by a PF chief investigator that an operation would hit Fabrício Queiroz; the PF opened an inquiry into the alleged leak in 2020. Moro's defense cited this account in its petition.

Source: Chefe de gabinete de Flávio Bolsonaro nega vazamento de operação — Poder360, Aug. 4, 2020 · paragraphs 2, 5, and 6 · open original ↗

On April 24, 2020, Moro announced that he was leaving the Ministry of Justice, accusing Bolsonaro of insisting on changing the PF leadership and of wanting a person in personal contact in order to obtain information and intelligence reports, and said he had not signed the decree dismissing Valeixo.

Source: Leia a íntegra e assista ao discurso de demissão de Sergio Moro — Poder360, Apr. 24, 2020 · full speech (37 min 58 s) · open original ↗

On May 2, 2020, Moro testified for about eight hours at the PF headquarters in Curitiba, reaffirmed the accusations, handed over audio recordings, e-mails, and conversations (and his cell phone), and was accompanied by three PGR prosecutors.

Source: Sergio Moro fala por 8 horas e reafirma acusações contra Bolsonaro — Poder360, May 3, 2020 · paragraphs 1 to 6 · open original ↗

In March 2022 the PF concluded that Bolsonaro did not interfere in the force and recommended closing the case; the report states that 18 people were heard and that no consistent evidence was found.

Source: Moraes pede que PGR avalie arquivamento de inquérito contra Bolsonaro — Agência Brasil (EBC, a public company), May 17, 2024 · quotation from the report · open original ↗

According to Gazeta do Povo (April 12, 2026), the PF delivered to Moraes on April 2, 2026 a new report which, according to the article, analyzed Inq 4781 (fake news) and 4828 (anti-democratic acts) and concludes, for the second time, that Bolsonaro did not interfere in investigations that affected relatives and allies; Moraes kept the inquiry open and sent the report to Gonet.

Source: PF contraria Moraes e Gonet e repete que Bolsonaro não interferiu em investigações — Gazeta do Povo, Apr. 12, 2026 · paragraphs 1 to 8 · open original ↗

On April 24, 2020, Sergio Moro announced his departure from the Ministry of Justice in a statement of about 40 minutes, attributing it to the president's insistence on replacing the head of the Federal Police; Bolsonaro responded the same day, in a 46-minute address.

Source: Interferência na PF, fraude e demissão: veja dez frases de Moro — A Gazeta (ES), Apr. 24, 2020 · Opening and selected sentences · open original ↗

Cabral was arrested by the PF on November 17, 2016 in Operation Calicute (37th phase of Lava Jato), became a defendant on December 6, 2016 and was transferred to Curitiba on December 10, 2016.

Source: Sérgio Cabral Filho (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Arrest · open original ↗

According to the entry, Cabral made a cooperation agreement with the PF in December 2019, approved by Edson Fachin on February 6, 2020; in May 2021 the STF annulled the agreement (7 votes to 4).

Source: Sérgio Cabral Filho (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement and annulments · open original ↗

Duque was arrested in November 2014 (Teori Zavascki revoked the arrest on December 2, 2014), again in March 2015 (10th phase) and, after a July 18, 2024 order from the Federal Court in Curitiba, was arrested by the PF on August 17, 2024 in Volta Redonda (RJ), after being considered a fugitive since July 2024.

Source: Renato Duque (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Arrest · open original ↗

Vaccari was arrested by the PF on April 15, 2015 (12th phase of Lava Jato) and stayed in the Complexo Médico Penal (Pinhais, Paraná) until September 2019, when he moved to the semi-open regime with an ankle monitor.

Source: João Vaccari Neto (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Arrest · open original ↗

Palocci was arrested by the PF on September 26, 2016 (Operation Omertà, 35th phase), became a defendant in November 2016 and was convicted by Moro on June 26, 2017 (12 years, according to the entry); on November 29, 2018 he moved to semi-open house arrest on the basis of the cooperation agreement.

Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Lava Jato · open original ↗

Palocci signed a cooperation agreement with the PF in April 2018, which the TRF4 approved in June 2018; a proposal made to the MPF in 2017 did not advance.

Source: Antonio Palocci (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Plea agreement · open original ↗

On July 15, 2025, Dias Toffoli annulled all Lava Jato acts against Youssef, including Moro's decisions, citing 'collusion' among the PF, the MPF and Moro; he stated that the decision does not invalidate the plea agreement. Youssef's defense maintains that a clandestine recording in a PF cell in 2014, which allegedly lasted 11 days, was used to pressure him into signing the plea agreement.

Source: Toffoli anula todos os atos da Lava Jato contra Alberto Youssef — CNN Brasil, July 15, 2025 · body of the article · open original ↗

Costa was arrested by the PF in March 2014 (day not confirmed); began testifying to the PF on September 5, 2014 and entered into a cooperation agreement; he was sentenced to 12 years in a closed regime for money laundering with Youssef and Camargo Corrêa executives (report of July 20, 2015), initially serving at home and, since October 2016, in a semi-open regime; in February 2017 the MPF asked Moro to suspend his benefits on the argument that he had lied in the cooperation.

Source: Paulo Roberto Costa (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · text and references · open original ↗

Igor Romário de Paula is a PF chief investigator, regional head of organized crime enforcement in Paraná and coordinator of Lava Jato at the PF in Curitiba since 2014, according to the entry; in 2017 he received an ethics complaint from PT deputies, forwarded to the Ministry of Justice's Ethics Commission (outcome not given).

Source: Igor Romário de Paula (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗

Erika Marena is a PF chief investigator; according to the entry, she worked about four years on Lava Jato (no dates), was designated in December 2017 PF superintendent in Sergipe, was chosen by Moro at the end of 2018 to head the Department of Asset Recovery and International Legal Cooperation (Ministry of Justice) and was dismissed from the post in June 2020 by André Mendonça; the entry credits her with naming the operation (Lava Jato article: March 17, 2014).

Source: Erika Marena (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Posts · open original ↗

According to the Operation Lava Jato entry: the PF launched the operation on March 17, 2014; in December 2016 there was the Odebrecht leniency agreement; Moro left the operation on November 19, 2018 and Gabriela Hardt took over the court; the entry indicates the end of the operation on February 1, 2021; in September 2023 Toffoli annulled the evidence obtained through the Odebrecht leniency agreement.

Source: Operação Lava Jato (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · lead and sections 2014/2018/STF · open original ↗

The PF is a federal police force subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, founded on March 28, 1944; it handles border policing and investigates crimes against the interests of the Union.

Source: Polícia Federal (Brasil) (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · lead · open original ↗