Operation Integrated Force III: Federal Police carry out 272 warrants in 14 states against organised crime
The Federal Police coordinate simultaneous action with 179 search warrants and 93 arrest orders against trafficking, weapons and money laundering. Pará and Paraíba concentrate the highest number of targets.
Federal Police launch national operation with 272 warrants against criminal organisations in 14 states
The Federal Police executed Operation Integrated Force III on Wednesday, 8th, carrying out 179 search and seizure warrants and 93 arrest orders across 14 Brazilian states. According to Google News BR — Crime, the simultaneous action mobilises 17 inter-agency teams to combat drug trafficking, illegal weapons trading and money laundering. The Judiciary also ordered the freezing of bank accounts and seizure of assets belonging to those under investigation.
The Federal Police coordinate the offensive through the Integrated Forces for Combating Organised Crime (Ficcos), a model that brings together federal agents with Civil, Military, Penal and Federal Highway Police from each region, as well as Municipal Guards. The searches began in the early morning hours at residences and commercial establishments linked to criminals.
Pará and Paraíba concentrate targets
The states of Pará and Paraíba register the highest volume of warrants from the operation. In Belém, Operation Coalition seeks to arrest 32 suspects of belonging to criminal organisations and searches 32 addresses. In Paraíba, Operation Consigliere mobilised police to carry out 46 search warrants and 13 arrest orders — the targets maintained financial branches in Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.
In Belo Horizonte, the focus is on removing surveillance cameras illegally installed by traffickers on poles and public roads to monitor the arrival of police vehicles. Agents carry out ten arrest warrants in the Minas Gerais capital and in Uberaba. In Ceará, Operation Amazon Connection confiscates assets from inter-state traffickers, with warrants extended to Pernambuco, Pará and Amazonas.
São Paulo targets cargo theft
In the state of São Paulo, the operation focused on groups specialised in the theft and receipt of trucks. Operation Unhitch effected seven arrests in the Baixada Santista, whilst Operation Argenti Lardum arrested ten suspects in the Campinas region and also in Paraná. The group used front companies to reintroduce stolen merchandise onto the shelves of formal commerce.
North-East and North also reached
In Rio Grande do Norte, police carry out arrest orders and asset freezes in Natal and Mossoró. In Goiânia, operations target the trading of chemical products used to adulterate cocaine. The Federal Police maintain open investigations to identify money dealers responsible for laundering money obtained by criminal groups.
Source: Google News BR — Crime