The “Tai-Pan” operation, launched by the Federal Police this Tuesday (26), discovered that the Chinese group under investigation moved billions in Brazil and 15 other countries.
In the last 5 years, there were more than R$6 billion reais in national territory alone. In 2024 alone, the movement was more than 800 million. According to the PF, around 200 federal police officers participate in the operation, carrying out 16 preventive arrest warrants and 41 search and seizure warrants.
According to the Federal Police, investigations found the participation of military and civil police officers, bank managers and accountants in the scheme .
The investigation
According to the Federal Police, the investigation began in 2022. During the work, the PF discovered “a complex parallel and illegal banking system, moving billions within the country and in other countries”, such as the United States, Canada, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Holland, England, Italy, Turkey, Hong Kong and China, where most of the money was sent.
According to the PF, there is evidence of a total movement of 120 billion reais involving suspects and individuals and legal entities that carried out transactions with the group.
As the police found, the scheme involves the participation of military and civilian police officers, bank managers and accountants. All with the aim of making the flow of money sent to China work.
Even so, the group served anyone who wished to hide capital, launder money or send or receive money from abroad, “there are signs of involvement of criminal groups focused on drug trafficking, weapons, smuggling, embezzlement and other crimes.”
The Federal Court ordered the blocking of assets and values worth more than R$ 10 billion reais, in more than 200 legal entities.
According to the PF, those under investigation may be held liable for the crimes of criminal organization, concealment of capital (money laundering), currency evasion, among other crimes highlighted in the investigation.
Locations where warrants are being served:
- Campinas/SP – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- Cajamar/SP – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- São Paulo/SP – six preventive arrest warrants and 31 search and seizure warrants
- Guarulhos/SP – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- Itaquaquecetuba/SP – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- Foz do Iguaçu/PR – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- Vila Velha/ES – a search and seizure warrant
- Florianópolis/SC – a preventive arrest warrant
- São José/SC – a search and seizure warrant
- Feira de Santana/BA – a search and seizure warrant
- Fortaleza/CE – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- Brasília/DF – a preventive arrest warrant and a search and seizure warrant
- Abroad – two preventive arrest warrants
This content was originally published in Chinese group investigated moved money in Brazil and 15 other countries, says PF on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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