Operation Lusocoin alone froze $540M in crypto — and now the agencies doing the seizing get directly funded by what they take, no conviction required. US civil asset forfeiture already proved where this goes: departments start budgeting around expected seizures, and the line between law enforcement and revenue generation disappears. Same law also makes encrypted messaging and privacy tools an aggravating factor in sentencing, so running Signal or a privacy wallet now counts against you in Brazilian court.

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