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- São Paulo court suspends dismissal of federal deputy who forged kidnapping video
- Judge Moraes seeks investigation against colleague who linked him to banker arrested for fraud in Brazil
- Couple arrested at Sinop airport attempting to flee after consortium fraud involving 50 victims
- Man wanted for double homicide in Picos (PI) arrested in Tietê, São Paulo
- Forensic report points to murder of São Paulo PM officer Gisele Santana
- Cigarette Smuggling Finances Organised Crime and Costs Brazil up to R$ 8.5 Billion Annually
- Autopsy report rules out suicide in death of PM Gisele Santana and points to murder in São Paulo
- Operation Linha Sombria arrests nine in drug delivery network in Feira de Santana
- Operation Illicitus: 26 mobile phones and drugs seized in Rio prison
- Supreme Court crisis: international press highlights Banco Master scandal and Moraes
- Operation A Tropa: global media covers search at Vasco player's home
- Federal Police arrest 11 in operation against frauds in civilian weapons registration in Rio de Janeiro
- Paraguayan detained in Brazil with 865 grammes of cocaine bound for Madrid
- Operation arrests eight suspects of drug trafficking and criminal court in Jundiaí (SP)
- Phone number links Vorcaro to Alexandre de Moraes: new evidence from Federal Police and CPMI
- Ex-brother-in-law of murdered lawyer in Campinas arrested with gloves similar to those used in crime
- Federal government and Rio de Janeiro form partnership against organised crime in strategic areas
- Former SP Treasury Director arrested for corruption received R$ 228,000 after suspension from duty
- Fake police officer arrested after scam at petrol station in Cândido Mota (SP)
- Gospel singer stabbed to death at fishing lodge in Porto Ferreira; two suspects at large
- Confrontation with BOPE in São José de Ribamar leaves one dead and another arrested with two firearms
- Two suspects shot dead after police stop in Campinas (SP)
- Operation Giratina: PM sergeant and former Detran-BA officials arrested for vehicle registration fraud
- Police rescue woman chained by ex-partner in Brazil
- 38-year-old woman posed as 12-year-old girl for 14 months in Brazil
- Operation Moega: Federal Police combat international drug trafficking in Mato Grosso do Sul
- Tarcísio confirms submission of Wi-Fi Operation evidence to Federal Police regarding NGO linked to Bolsonaro film
- Police rescue six victims from criminal gang's 'crime tribunal' in Primavera do Leste (MT)
- Police sergeant tried for killing two young men in Pavuna after confusing hydraulic jack with gun
- PF launches two operations and investigates R$ 86m fraud against INSS in three states
- Man shot dead in gym in São José dos Campos; three detained in Rio de Janeiro
- 23-year-old man arrested for drug trafficking in Iporanga, SP
- Man confesses by telephone to shooting girlfriend to death in Almirante Tamandaré
- Tax auditor arrested red-handed for passive corruption in Sítio Novo do Tocantins
- Marcola, PCC leader, to be tried in 2027 for killing of police officer in Jundiaí
- Jaú Municipal Chamber has bank accounts compromised and suffers financial fraud
- Three men arrested on suspicion of homicide on Via Dutra in Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro
- Man arrested for attempting to bribe councillor in São Paulo with R$ 200,000
- Federal Police investigate Banco Master over suspected fraud with court-ordered settlement transfers
- Gang stole cancer drugs and resold them to public hospitals in Brazil
- Police colonels named in investigation into money laundering for the PCC
- Mother and daughter arrested for stabbing in Miranda do Norte; father flees
- Brazilian police summon Senator Wagner for questioning over Master Bank bribery allegations
- Brazil and Italy discuss cooperation against PCC and Red Command in São Paulo
- PM captain killed in Belo Horizonte had serious facial injuries; husband sergeant arrested for femicide
- Couple arrested after robbing pharmacy in west São Paulo
- São Paulo court maintains former Taubaté mayor in closed prison
- Pair suspected of pharmacy robbery detained in São Paulo
- Rocam detains armed suspect after reports of gunfire in residential area in southern São Paulo
- Rio state deputy targeted by MPRJ action over corruption scheme in public contracts
- Employee of financial institution arrested in Rio on suspicion of participating in digital fraud scheme
- Federal police act in São Paulo against network sending Brazilians to Southeast Asia
- Police operation arrests pair and seizes firearms in interior of São Paulo
- Police dismantle money-laundering scheme from drug trafficking at shop on Rua 25 de Março
- Three arrested and five kilograms of cocaine seized at São Paulo airport
- Brazilian operation uncovers financial link between criminal factions and Al-Qaeda
- Young man detained for pet shop robbery in Greater São Paulo
- Operation in SP and PR dismantles false ICMS tax-credit scheme causing R$ 3.8 billion in losses
- Man accused of killing tourist in Pernambuco is captured in Santa Catarina
- Federal Police conclude first phase of investigation into pension fraud and indict 48