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International drug trafficking caused the PCC (First Command of the Capital) to move R $ 1.2 billion, according to data collected by the authorities and released today by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. The figure does not include private business conducted by members and associates of the faction.
The survey was obtained from documents seized during Operation Sharks, which investigated the PCC between June 2018 and September 2020. This afternoon, the São Paulo court ordered the arrest of 18 people accused of belonging to the criminal organization.
For the first time, the PCC was characterized by the Public Ministry as a mafia-type organization. The reason is the money laundering structure of the faction, which was left in terms of organization so that it could be considered a mafia.
Two of the accused were arrested in Paraguay: Marcelo Moreira Prado, Sem Querer and Eduardo Aparecido de Almeida, Pisca. A third defendant, Marcos Roberto de Almeida, Tuta, is appointed head of the faction in the streets and remains a fugitive.
Approximately R $ 200 million were transferred in the financial system through bank accounts in the name of orange and ghost companies.
The rest was kept in safe houses, transported in cars and sent to money changers to send money abroad, and thus the faction paid drug suppliers in countries like Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru.
