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Against a criminal organization that sends cocaine to Europe, the PF (Federal Police) launched on Monday morning (23), Operation Company with the execution of court orders in Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Mato Grosso , Pará, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Norte, Bahia and Pernambuco. 215 arrest warrants are issued.
400 million were seized in real estate, luxury vehicles, aircraft, with the expectation that new assets will be identified after the fulfillment of the search and seizure orders. The action is jointly with the Federal Treasury, following compliance with the guidelines for the decapitalization of assets, the arrest of leaders and international cooperation, being the largest operation of the year in the fight against money laundering of drug trafficking and in the seizure of cocaine in Brazilian ports, as the organization specializes in shipping cocaine to Europe.
The scheme used by the criminals consisted of laundering multi-million dollar assets and assets in Brazil and abroad with the use of various ‘orange’ people and fictitious companies, to give a legitimate appearance to the profit of trafficking. Approximately 670 federal police officers and 30 other officials from the Treasury execute 149 search warrants and 66 arrest warrants. In continuity with international cooperation actions, red transmissions were also broadcast on Interpol for the arrest of eight investigators who are abroad, as well as the identification and seizure of assets in other countries.
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The name of the operation alludes to the size of the criminal organization under investigation, which acts as a large international undertaking in the area of money laundering and cocaine export, which brought a high degree of complexity to the police investigation.
