The Rio de Janeiro Civil Police has an operation, on the morning of Friday (23), against a gang that charged payments for the rescue of stolen vehicles .
The action is part of Operation Tourniquet and is coordinated by agents of the Auto Theft and Theft Police Station (DRFA) and the Narcotic Repression Police Station (DRE). According to police, the target is a Structured criminal organization which fostered the significant increase in vehicle theft in the state state.
The investigation points out that, in just 11 months, Four companies received more than R $ 11 million by recovered cars. At the same time, only by these companies, more than 1,600 vehicles were recovered.
Warrants of search and seizure against members and employees of companies this morning. See videos of compliance with court orders:
The police also highlight the short time between the theft date and the date of recovery vehicles that, in some companies, on average, It is only four days .
How the scheme worked
The police inquiry revealed that vehicle recovering companies, known as “ready response” or “ready employment”, contracted by associations and vehicle protection cooperatives, traded directly with traffickers and receivers the payment of amounts for the return of vehicles .
The purpose of the scheme is to prevent these associations from having to indemnify their customers based on the Fipe table. The police say this model directly impacted the increased number of vehicle thefts Occurred in the second half of last year and in the first two months of this year throughout the state, especially in the capital and Baixada Fluminense.
When a vehicle protected by an association or cooperative was stolen, employees of these “prompt response” companies They came into contact with criminals, traffickers or robers to negotiate the return.
This contact was often made within the communities dominated by factions . For criminals, it is a quick, safe and highly profitable way to get money, the Civil Police explains.
Profitability also applies to companies. On average, more than $ 6,000 were paid for recovered vehicle and a part of these values was paid by the rescue and much was for the company.
Investigations continue to unravel the entire criminal scheme.
Tournique Operation
The action this Friday (23) is part of the second phase of Operation Tourniquet, which seeks to suppress theft, theft and reception of cargo and vehicles in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
In addition, the initiative aims crimes that finance activities of criminal factions, such as the Red Command and their urban territorial disputes.
Since September 2024, when the operation was triggered, There are already more than 520 prisoners besides about R $ 37 million in vehicles and recovered cargo. The actions also include the block of more than R $ 70 million in goods and values.
This content was originally published in RJ: Gang that charged for rescue of stolen cars is the target of operating on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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