The Civil Police arrested, this Wednesday morning (3), 13 people suspected of being members of a criminal organization involved with the drug trafficking in Rio Grande do Sul. According to the investigation, in recent months, the group moved R$ 14 million.
The action is the result of a 10-month investigation and was called “crime lords”. The reason is the target of the operation: heads and founders of the organization, as well as managers and operators in Porto Alegre, Santa Maria, Viamão, Gravataiand in the prison system.
“The action aims to combat money laundering arising from drug trafficking carried out by the top management of a criminal organization based in the east and south zones of the Capital”, explains delegate Alencar Carraro, director of investigations.
25 search warrants and 13 preventive arrest warrants were executed. Five properties were seized and 42 CPFs had bank assets made unavailable.
According to the Civil Police, during 11 months of work, the investigation managed to gather evidence of money laundering in the “passing bills“, i.e, using oranges with the aim of circumventing inspections by control bodies.
In the evidence analyzed, negotiations for dominance over territories in the Capital by criminal organizations were identified; distribution of money; homicides; dissent to new organizations; in addition to chiefs appointing wives to give commands to their companions.
The connection between the criminal organization and another based in Rio de Janeiro that operates on a national level was proven, in addition to links within the interior of RS. The objective of these associations would be the distribution of drugs.
Tags: Lords crime police arrest members gang suspected moving millions reais drug trafficking Rio Grande Sul
