Six people from the same family were convicted of the Bahia Justice for integrating a criminal organization Specializing in drug trafficking and money laundering, last Tuesday (1), in the district of Feira de Santana.
Among them is the Larissa Gabriela Lima Umbuzeiro 30, pointed out as one of the chiefs of the gang’s financial core.
The penalties range from 5 to 16 years in prison, and the convicts may appeal in freedom. The investigation, which began in 2019, revealed that the criminal organization, led by Rener Umbuzeiro, who died last year during a confrontation with the police, had been operating for decades in Feira de Santana and the region, supplying the illicit drug market and washing the money from the crime with the purchase of luxury real estate and farms.
The family, originating from the Pernambuco hinterland, settled in Bahia to expand its criminal activities. The money laundering scheme involved the purchase of high value goods, such as real estate and farms, in the name of “oranges”, to hide the illicit origin of resources.
The court ordered the definitive confiscation of assets evaluated in millions of reais, including 11 properties, 15 vehicles and more than 500 heads of cattle.
Mother and daughter, Niedja and Larissa Umbuzeiro were pointed out as heads of the financial nucleus, responsible for the management and flow of illicit assets and the organization of hiding and heritage concealment. Larissa was the coordinator of the money laundering process.
In addition to them, CLENIA MARIA LIMA BERNARDES (sister of Niedja), Paulo Victor Bezerra Lima (husband of Larissa), Gabriela Raizila Lima de Souza (niedja niece) and Robelia Rezende de Souza were sentenced. They were part of the Hide of Humming and Heritage Core, acting as “oranges” to register goods and move money on behalf of the organization.
The sentence is the result of “Operation Kariri”, triggered by the Federal Police in February 2024, with the support of the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco) of the Public Prosecutor of the State of Bahia (MPBA).
MPBA and PF investigations have brought together several evidence, including flagrant marijuana seizure, planting evidence, police information, financial intelligence reports (COAF/UIF), telephone and telematic interceptions, real estate and banking transactions documents, and testimonies of witnesses and accused.
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