Federal police officers carry out, this Thursday (15), operations in four states, serving seven preventive arrest warrants, six temporary arrest warrants and 22 search and seizure warrants, issued by the 3rd Federal Court of Passo Fundo (RS).
The Federal Police (PF) action takes place in the cities of Passo Fundo, Marau, Caxias do Sul and Montenegro, in Rio Grande do Sul; Itapema and ItajaÃ, in Santa Catarina; Curitiba, Fazenda Rio Grande, Cascavel, Laranjeiras do Sul, both in Paraná, and Valinhos and Vinhedo in the state of São Paulo.
The Justice also determined the blocking of about 130 bank accounts of 30 involved. Operation Rookies investigates a criminal organization specializing in international drug trafficking and money laundering.
Investigations began with the discovery that a man, who was in prison for drug trafficking, managed to manage drug shipments to Europe from within his cell. He had the support of other detainees and outsiders, who enticed young people, preferably without a criminal record, and on payment, to take drugs abroad.
In November 2019, a man was arrested with four kilos of cocaine at the airport in Zurich, Switzerland. In the same month, a couple was also arrested with drugs in Copenhagen, Denmark. In both cases, those involved had left Brazil. Also according to the PF, other cases involving drug shipments abroad, which resulted in arrest, are being investigated.
The PF says that this organization took care of the regional distribution of drugs in Passo Fundo and, for that, received cocaine and marijuana from Curitiba. From the coast of Santa Catarina, synthetic drugs came, which were passed on to local traffickers, who were at the forefront of the retail trade of the products of crime.
This group is also investigated for laundering money from trafficking, as they moved large amounts of money using accounts of oranges, people used to hide illicit goods or of uncertain origin. Between 2017 and 2021, this group of oranges would have moved around BRL 220 million.
Those involved will answer for the crimes of international drug trafficking, criminal organization and money laundering. The Operation also has the support of members of the Criminal Police of the Superintendence of Penitentiary Services, in Rio Grande do Sul, and the Criminal Police Department, in Paraná.
Source: CNN Brasil
