The Government of São Paulo signed, this Thursday (26), the decree that regulates the allocation of money laundering resources seized from organized crime to the Public Security Incentive Fund.
The funds will be used to invest in the state’s police forces, such as purchasing equipment, improving technologies and improving infrastructure.
According to the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat, based on a survey by the Anti-Money Laundering Technology Laboratory, in the last four years alone, the police have identified the movement of more than R$14 billion, the result of drug trafficking and other crimes.
For Guilherme Derrite, Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, the document aims to “debureaucratize” the obtaining of these seized goods and values, which are currently destined for a national fund.
“We will use the money laundered by organized crime to invest in security in the state itself. It is a resource that will free up the state treasury for investments in other areas, because public security will become self-sustainable, transforming money from crime and drug trafficking into security for the population,” highlighted the head of the department.
The measure, which had not been carried out until now in São Paulo, provides for the publication of the amounts seized on panels that inform the destination and investment made by the state.
Operation of the Illicit Assets Recovery Unit
The structure that is part of the elaboration of the measure is part of the Asset Recovery Center of the State of São Paulo (Recupera-SP).
Recupera-SP acts as a point of contact with all police districts in the state to deal with actions that resulted in the seizure of assets and valuables.
Thus, the sector will identify, classify and present the seized items and values so that the SSP-SP can make requests for their allocation to the Court for allocation to the state fund.
According to the SSP-SP, there are currently two alternatives for entering the seized amounts into the security fund. The first concerns the alienation when the person under investigation has already been convicted of the crime and the amount or asset seized is sent directly to the Public Security Incentive Fund.
Already the early alienation refers to when the Judiciary allows that, even before the end of the criminal action, it is possible to use the amount seized to finance the fight against organized crime.
However, if the defendant is found innocent at the end of the trial, he or she will receive the money back. In cases where assets are seized, such as vehicles or jewelry, the state holds auctions and the money raised is allocated to the fund (in some situations, cars and aircraft can be used by the police force).
*Under supervision of Bruno Laforé
This content was originally published in SP: Government will allocate money from organized crime to public security on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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