Civil police officer Rogério de Almeida Felício, considered a fugitive after an operation by the Federal Police (PF) that sought to arrest civil agents from São Paulo suspected of working for the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), handed himself in to the police this Monday (23 ), in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo.
During the operation, which took place last Tuesday (17), four civil police officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement with the largest criminal faction in the country. Among those arrested were Fábio Baena, Civil Police delegate, and Eduardo Monteiro.
Rogério de Almeida Felício was considered a fugitive. All of them are among those reported by Vinicius Gritzbach, a businessman linked to the Primeiro Comando da Capital, who was killed on November 8th at Guarulhos Airport, in São Paulo.
THE CNN tries to contact Rogério’s defense and the space remains open for demonstrations.
Investigations
The police investigate the crimes of manipulation and leaking of police investigations selling protection to criminals and corrupting agents to benefit the criminal faction’s money laundering scheme.
The investigation began with the analysis of evidence obtained in several police investigations that involved financial transactions, award-winning collaboration and testimonies.
The investigation revealed the complex way in which those investigated structured themselves to demand bribes and launder money to serve the interests of the criminal organization.
See who the police officers arrested in the PF operation against the PCC are.
Suspects may face charges of criminal organization, active and passive corruption and concealment of capital. The combined penalties can reach 30 years in prison .
What the defense says
In a statement, the defense of Fábio Baena and Eduardo Monteiro stated that they are indignant and that there is no need for prison. Read below:
The defense made up of Police Chief Dr. Fábio Baena Martin and investigator Eduardo Monteiro, INDIGNED, clarifies that the arrest carried out today is not necessary, appropriate and constitutes blatant arbitrariness.
It is unacceptable in Brazil to trivialize the right to freedom, decreeing media arrest, without contemporaneity, and the most serious, for facts that have already been investigated and ARCHIVED by the Court, on the recommendation of the Public Ministry itself. The puerile word of a mythomaniac, without any new element of proof, could never motivate such an exceptional measure, affronting the status dignitatis and libertatis of our constituents.
It should also be clarified that both appeared spontaneously to be heard and never caused any embarrassment to the repeated investigations.
Furthermore, the defense denounces the very serious fact that Delegate Baena was not given the right and opportunity to contact his lawyers informing them of his arrest and the execution of the search warrant, which only reinforces the illegality reported. The defense is taking all measures to immediately put an end to the spurious coercion found.
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This content was originally published in Police officer wanted on suspicion of working for the PCC surrenders to the police on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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