U.S. Treasury sanctions a Brazilian legal institute and its manager for supporting a Supreme Court justice previously designated for human rights abuses, blocking their U.S. assets and prohibiting transactions

The Treasury’s action targets Lex Instituto de Estudos Juridicos LTDA and Viviane Barci de Moraes for providing material support to a Brazilian Supreme Court justice implicated in human rights abuses. As a result, all property in the United States or controlled by U.S. persons is blocked, and U.S. individuals and entities are prohibited from engaging in transactions with the designated parties…