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Moraes authorizes Federal Police to use biometric data from the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) to identify fraudsters.

The goal is to help identify the people involved in terrorist acts.

The president of the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), Alexandre de Moraes, during the inauguration ceremony of the director-general of the Federal Police, at the corporation's headquarters in Brasília. (Photo: Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil)

247 - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has accepted a request from the Federal Police and authorized the agency to access the biometric database of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The goal is to assist in identifying individuals involved in the terrorist acts of January 8th, according to reports. reporter From the newspaper O Globo. 

According to Moraes, there is "clear relevance for the elucidation of the investigations." The Federal Police may also use "biographical data and photographs" from the databases of the National Traffic Secretariat (Senatran) and the National Institute of Information Technology (ITI).