A study by the Rio de Janeiro Military Police revealed that 95% of the rifles seized by the corporation in 2024, were manufactured outside Brazil . The survey was released on Thursday (22).
Of the 638 rifles seized over the last year by the corporation, 604 (94.68%) came from abroad . The research was elaborated by the PM Undersecretary of Intelligence (SSI).
According to the survey, the Most of the wars were made in the United States where 295 units of a weaponry sales platform were smuggled, which is licensed to market to other countries.
However, the Military Police explains that the weapons enter clandestinely in Brazil through borders with neighboring countries like Paraguay, Bolivia and Colombia.
This war power in the wrong hands causes insecurity and reaches the entire population. Therefore, the importance of the arms producing industry is also part of facing organized crime, acting in conjunction with the federal government in controlling international arms trafficking.
Cláudio Castro, governor of Rio de Janeiro
The study also points out that many rifles reach the Brazilian territory in single pieces, purchased in the US for about $ 6,000. Upon arriving in Brazil and being assembled by armies, they are Sold for criminal factions for approximately R $ 50 thousand.
High -caliber weapons seized in 2024 were also manufactured in countries such as Israel, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic.
A preliminary reading of the PM intelligence points out that 60% of the rifles seized by 2025 were manufactured in the United States . The corporation also mapped the fate of subtracted weapons in the Fluminense territory.
The Secretary of the Military Police, Colonel Marcelo de Menezes Nogueira, emphasizes the need for a Cooperation to combat international weapons trafficking.
“The seizure of rifles today is one of the corporation’s biggest challenges in the context of state public security. It is necessary to warn of the urgent need for a national policy and even Ito stop the smuggling of weapons, involving other security actors, ”says the military.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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