The Federal Police (PF) carried out, on Thursday morning (3), two operations to dismantle a criminal organization accused of laundering up to R$ 4 billion linked to drug trafficking and other crimes.
According to the police, investigations pointed to suspicious financial transactions by companies controlled by one of the investigated.
39 search and seizure warrants and 19 temporary arrest warrants were issued in six states: Paraná, São Paulo, Roraima, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Santa Catarina.
As of 10:30 am this Thursday (3), 24 search warrants had been served and 12 arrests had been made.
In addition, seven search and seizure warrants were executed in Paraguay, which were granted. According to the PF, the operation also carried out the seizure of properties, blocking of bank accounts, suspension of company activities and licenses of investigated accountants.
“Approximately R$12 million in cash was seized in the course of the investigations. Control of the movement of money was done by money changers, owners of exchange offices, installed in Paraguay,” the PF said in a statement.
One of the operations carried out today, called “Succession”, is an offshoot of a previous action by the PF that arrested Luiz Carlos da Rocha, considered by the corporation as one of the biggest drug traffickers in Brazil.
This Thursday, the police carried out legal measures against the drug dealer’s family members who helped him in the money laundering.
The other operation, “Fluxo Capital”, aimed to “dismantle a criminal organization responsible for laundering money through millionaire transactions, using “oranges”, shell companies and accountants”.
“The investigations showed that the group was not limited to laundering the money of the trafficker “Cabeça Branca”, but also had a relationship with several other criminal organizations operating in the national territory, involved in crimes other than drug trafficking”, declared the PF.
The names of the operations allude, respectively, to the fact that the targets were family members of the drug dealer “Cabeça Branca” and to the large amount of money handled by the criminal organization.
Source: CNN Brasil
