Vorcaro's plea bargain will not be easy due to legal complexity, says lawyer

The possible award-winning collaboration of Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, faces a series of legal and political obstacles that should make the process slow and complex. This is what Antonio Augusto Figueiredo Basto, a criminal lawyer with extensive experience in plea bargain agreements, assessed in this Friday's (22) edition of WW.

In an interview with CNN, Figueiredo Basto also commented on the decision of José Luis Oliveira Lima, known as Juca, to leave Vorcaro's defense. According to the expert, the lawyer's departure is probably due to the difficulty in advancing the chosen strategy at this time. "He stepped aside, he's a great lawyer, he probably stepped aside because he wasn't able to evolve the strategy they decided on at that time," he said.

Defense without sufficient information to negotiate
One of the main challenges highlighted by Figueiredo Basto is the lack of clarity about what the Public Ministry intends. According to him, there has not yet been a formal complaint, which limits the defense's ability to negotiate an agreement on a solid basis.

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"The flight is now a bit of an aimless flight," he said, highlighting that the defense needs to obtain as much information as possible to meet the legal requirements of collaboration, such as identifying anyone involved in the crimes, the leaders of the organization being investigated, preventing new crimes and repairing the damage caused.

Basto also highlighted that, in the Brazilian legal system, it is not enough for employees to present information verbally. "It's not enough for the employee to talk, in addition to talking, he has to prove what he's saying", he explained. The information needs to be corroborated by suitable external elements for the collaboration to be valid. In this sense, the lawyer indicated that, until now, the Federal Police apparently were not satisfied with what was presented, opting to continue the investigations independently.

Political factor weighs against progress
In addition to legal difficulties, Basto highlighted the weight of the political environment as a factor that plays against the advancement of collaboration. According to him, there are forces in different sectors that prefer that the investigations not move forward, or that they move forward in a way that minimizes the damage. "Denying that this exists is inevitable, there is no way," said the expert.

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The lawyer mentioned that Vorcaro's collaboration could affect economic and political authorities from different areas, which increases resistance to its progress. He also noted that there is speculation about possible impacts on members of the STF (Supreme Federal Court), although he considers that this issue does not yet have concrete substance. "With regard to economic and political authorities in all areas, it seems to me that collaboration could, indeed, bring enormous harm," he said.

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