Flávio Bolsonaro's passports cancelled after he fails to surrender them

What the report says

Brazilian police have cancelled the passports of Flávio Bolsonaro after he did not comply with a Supreme Court order to surrender them within 24 hours, according to BBC World News. The move comes amid an investigation into alleged money laundering, which Bolsonaro denies. The BBC reported that police were also checking border crossings amid speculation he may have left Brazil, although Argentine authorities said they had no record of his entry there.

The case adds to a wider set of legal and political problems surrounding the 45-year-old senator and defeated presidential candidate. BBC World News said he is already under investigation in connection with alleged corruption linked to financing a film about his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, and Brazil’s Supreme Court has now ordered a separate inquiry into his election campaign over alleged foreign funding. The report also noted that Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted of plotting a coup and is under house arrest.

The passport order followed Flávio Bolsonaro’s election defeat on Sunday, when he lost to left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a run-off vote. Although he had said he would remain in Brazil, he has not conceded and has called for the election to be annulled. The dispute matters because it deepens uncertainty around Brazil’s post-election climate and highlights the legal scrutiny facing one of the country’s most prominent right-wing political figures.