In a video published on Instagram early this Tuesday afternoon (12), after being the target of a Federal Police (PF) operation against drug trafficking, fitness influencer Renato Cariani stated that he was “surprised” by the action of investigators this morning.
He reiterated, as said earlier to the CNN who does not know the content of the investigations.
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“I was surprised when a police search and seizure warrant was executed at my house. I was informed that not only my company, but several companies are being investigated in a process that I do not know about [o teor]because it runs in process [segredo] of Justice,” he said.
“My lawyers will file a request to see this process and then I will understand what is contained in this investigation,” he added.
Cariani said that he was the target of the operation because he was one of the partners of the company Anidrol, which is based in Diadema (Greater São Paulo) and which, according to the PF, was involved in an alleged scheme to divert chemical products to manufacture drugs. “All partners were searched and seized,” said the influencer.
The company, said Cariani, “has more than 40 years of history”. “It’s a beautiful company, where my partner, who is 71 years old, is still the great administrator, great manager of the company. She is the one who runs the company, a company with its own headquarters, which has all the licenses, all the national and international certifications. The company works fully regulated. So, for me, for my partner and for everyone, it was a surprise.”
What the Federal Police say
According to the PF, approximately 19 tons of crack and cocaine may have been manufactured from products that would have been diverted by the group. The Federal Police even requested Cariani’s arrest, but the request was denied by the courts.
“60 disguised transactions linked to the activities of this criminal organization were identified, totaling approximately 12 tons of chemical products (phenacetin, acetone, ethyl ether, hydrochloric acid, mannitol and ethyl acetate), which corresponds to more than 19 tons of cocaine and crack ready for consumption”, says the PF.
According to investigations, the gang issued fraudulent invoices from companies duly licensed to sell chemical products in São Paulo. Payment was made in kind through “oranges”. The criminals pretended to be employees of multinationals.
The PF says that “the people related to the facts investigated will respond, each within their own sphere of responsibility, for the crimes of equivalent trafficking, association for the purpose of trafficking, as well as for the crime of money laundering”. The combined sentences can exceed 35 years in prison.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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