An ambulance with 470 marijuana tablets, approximately half a ton of the drug, seized in June 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, was the starting point of an investigation by the Federal Police against the financing of drug trafficking on the Rio-São Paulo axis with the Mato Grosso.
This Wednesday (28), the Federal Police of MT and the state Public Ministry launched Operation Sierra Hotel to combat the financing of trafficking and related crimes in these three states.
Ten search and seizure warrants were executed in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Guarulhos (SP), Primavera do Leste (MT), Cuiabá (MT) and Várzea Grande (MT).
Luxury cars, money and other goods were seized by agents.
The investigations identified companies in Primavera do Leste used to mediate suspicious negotiations, with the involvement of individuals and legal entities from different parts of the country in financing drug trafficking and related crimes.
In June 2021, three people were arrested with the drug in the ambulance. According to the police, the driver was accompanied by two “scouts”, who were eventually identified as the owners of the cargo.
The investigations were deepened by mapping the financial activities of the criminal group, which demonstrated that companies linked to the drug owners had million-dollar financial transactions during the period investigated. The investigation showed that the company with a registered address in Mato Grosso does not physically exist.
Cars belonging to the investigated group were seized / Disclosure/PFA PF says, however, that despite this, the company would have issued invoices in the volume of a large enterprise, without any factual backing, aiming to appear to have sent and received a large amount of values of individuals and legal entities from various states in Brazil.
Among the devices used by the gang, the PF says the fraudulent creation of companies in terms of their financial capacity, or even “shell companies”, used to cover up illegal transactions. In these cases, the companies' corporate name was formed from the initials of the name of their formal manager, who, in reality, granted powers to third parties, through a power of attorney, for the effective control of activities.
With today's searches, the PF hopes to further advance the investigation against this criminal network.
Source: CNN Brasil
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