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On Tuesday (15), the Civil Police launched Operation Piànjú, which aims to dismantle a criminal organization structured with interstate and international action. The operation began through the Specialized Vehicle Theft and Theft Division and the Special Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco) of the Public Ministry of Espírito Santo support from the São Paulo, Alagoas and Ceará Civil Police and the Port Authority.
The criminal group, now dismantled, moved more than R $ 800 million and, according to the investigators, acted in a structured way with the purpose of committing various crimes, including: criminal organization, money laundering, falsification of public and private documents. , insertion of false data in computer systems, ideological falsehood, fraud and false communication of the crime. Luxury vehicles, jet skis and boats were seized. Those investigated also have ties to companies involved in the Car Wash Operation, according to the Public Ministry.
The ministerial body, however, did not reveal the names of the businessmen involved in the operation, but information known so far indicates that the company that led the scheme was based in the state of Espírito Santo.
The operation was carried out simultaneously in the states of Espírito Santo (Vitória, Vila Velha, Serra and Cariacica), São Paulo (Capital, Santos and Jaguariúna), Ceará (Fortaleza) and Alagoas (Maceió), with 118 agents employed, including delegates. , investigators and agents of the Civil Police of the States of Espírito Santo, São Paulo, Ceará and Alagoas, as well as prosecutors and agents of Gaeco do Espírito Santo and São Paulo.
126 court orders were issued, of which 18 preventive detention orders, 5 temporary detention orders, 30 search and seizure orders, 23 boat hijackings, 43 court orders blocking bank accounts and 2 court orders suspending economic activities .
Among the search and seizure warrants are 12 properties, 3 luxury vehicles (Porsche Panamera, Maserati Granturismo S and Mercedes Benz GLA200FF), 12 personal watercraft and 11 boats.
During two years of investigation, the Division of Theft and Theft of Specialized Vehicles indicated that the cell of the criminal organization under investigation, which operated in the State of Espírito Santo, made up of two large Espírito Santo businessmenIn addition to several other members, he acted as a money laundering “service provider” for other criminal organizations.
According to the investigations, he even had a relationship with companies and individuals investigated and denounced in the scope of various phases of Operation Lava Jato, of the Federal Police, Federal Public Ministry and Federal Justice, including Operation Chorume, Operation Disposition, as well as Business. who have already been investigated for working with the money changers Alberto Youssef and Nelma Kodama, all in the scope of the Operation Lava Jato Task Force, in addition to a company investigated by the Rio de Janeiro Public Ministry (MPRJ), for deviations of more of R $ 98 million in ICMS. The criminal organization based in the State of Espírito Santo moved more than R $ 800 million.
The arrest warrants issued by those responsible for the money laundering scheme were complied with, which was carried out through front and fictitious companies, created with false identities, issued by the Identification Sector of the State Civil Police Espírito Santo, where the criminal organization took advantage of the precarious nature of the current system of issuing civil identities and the beneficiaries of the laundering, that is, the “clients”, who had the amounts sent to company accounts in China and the United States.
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