Operation Infiltrators: man arrested for moving illicit money for civil police officer in Campinas
A 51-year-old man was arrested in the second phase of Operation Infiltrators, suspected of moving 324,000 reais for a civil police officer under investigation for links to the PCC.
Suspect in money laundering for civil police officer detained in second phase of Operation Infiltrators
A 51-year-old man was arrested on Friday (25th) in Campinas (SP) on suspicion of moving illicit funds on behalf of a civil police officer under investigation for links to the PCC. The detention marks the second phase of Operation Infiltrators, as reported by g1.globo.com.
The arrested man does not work for the police force, but was operating in service to one of the civil police officers involved in the investigation, according to the Battalion of Special Police Operations (Baep), which is responsible for the operation. Temporary arrest warrants and search and seizure warrants were executed with authorisation from the 1st Criminal Court of Campinas.
Material seized and the suspect's role
At the detainee's property, two mobile phones and a notebook with invoices were seized. Prosecutor Marcos Rioli highlighted that among the devices is the mobile phone used by the suspect to communicate with the civil police officer under investigation.
"Mobile phones were seized, including the one he used to communicate with the civil police officer, notes, notebooks and diaries. Everything will be analysed not only to reinforce the participation of today's detainee in this criminal association, but also to investigate any other members of this association," Rioli detailed.
According to the Special Task Force to Combat Organised Crime (Gaeco), the suspect would have acted in two ways: transporting and moving significant sums of money on behalf of a civil police officer, and providing a clandestine mobile phone — with a SIM card registered in another person's name — to hinder identification of communications in any potential investigation.
Repeated deposits total 324,000 reais
The man was identified following analysis of documents, mobile phones and notebooks seized in the first phase of the operation. At the home of one of those accused and then detained, bank deposit receipts were found bearing the name of the suspect arrested on Friday as responsible for the payments.
The transfers were allegedly made repeatedly between January 2025 and January 2026, with amounts ranging from 10,000 to 51,700 reais. The Public Prosecutor's Office points out that the transfers totalled 324,220 reais — an amount considered, in principle, incompatible with the income of the public officials involved.
"Today's detainee, then, from what was established, was responsible for moving money apparently obtained illicitly by these public officials, making the deposit, as well as providing clandestine mobile phones for these state officials," stated prosecutor Rioli.
Beyond the crimes already under investigation, Gaeco is also investigating the possibility of money laundering.
Context: infiltrators in the Prosecutor's Office and Civil Police
Operation Infiltrators was launched in June to investigate the activities of alleged PCC members infiltrated into the Prosecutor's Office and the Civil Police. In the first phase, a former police investigation chief, a former civil police officer and a former Public Prosecutor's Office intern were arrested.
The operation arose from investigations into a PCC plan to kill prosecutor Amauri Silveira Filho. According to the Prosecutor's Office, a week before the action that thwarted the attempted killing, the then chief of investigators at Campinas's Investigation Division (Dise) met with one of the suspects in carrying out the crime.
From this point on, Gaeco began investigating possible leaks of confidential information. A second line of investigation revealed suspicions of extortion: the former Public Prosecutor's Office intern, Gabriel Lira de Jesus, is accused of using access to internal systems to identify suspects and demanding 500,000 reais to prevent information about one of them being sent to Gaeco.
Former investigation chief Maurício Aparecido de Oliveira is suspected of passing privileged information to a suspect.
Defences and progress of the proceedings
The full name of the man arrested on Friday was not disclosed by authorities. After arrest, he was taken to the duty desk of the 1st Police Station of the Civil Police in Campinas and was placed at the disposal of the courts.
In the first phase, Maurício Oliveira's defence stated it was awaiting access to the case files and criticised the temporary arrest. Gabriel Lira de Jesus's defence said that the facts would be clarified in proceedings and stressed that any conclusion at that moment would be premature.
Those accused in the first phase are facing charges of criminal association, extortion, violation of official secrecy and falsification of documents. The proceedings are ongoing.
Investigations continue to identify any other individuals involved. According to the Prosecutor's Office, other members of the criminal association could be charged in court should sufficient evidence be gathered.
Source: Google News BR — São Paulo