The Federal Police is on the streets of the cities of Campo Grande and Jaraguari, in Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo and Rio Preto, in the state of São Paulo, this Tuesday (6), to fulfill nine search and seizure warrants, plus the kidnapping of assets of the investigated, which are valued at R$ 8 million.
The operation, called La Famiglia, is to dismantle the structure of money laundering of individuals linked to the family nucleus of an international trafficker who is imprisoned in Hungary. They would be responsible for part of the financial movement, acquisition, administration and disposal of assets arising from the crime.
According to the PF, the investigations showed the practice of money laundering through fraudulent legal transactions and also the purchase of real estate and furniture, especially farms with money from international drug trafficking, with the aim of raising cattle and thus converting illegality in cool.
This morning’s operation is aimed at money laundering carried out by the family nucleus of the head of the scheme, which was responsible for sending tons of cocaine to Europe.
It is the unfolding of the Enterprise operation, which took place in November 2020, in several states in Brazil and also abroad to combat the organization. Those involved must answer for the crimes of money laundering, and can face from three to ten years in prison.
Source: CNN Brasil
