Overview
- At the force’s 82nd‑anniversary event in Brasília on Monday, director‑general Andrei Rodrigues said the police “does not protect or persecute” and denied any political direction in investigations.
- He said investigators leading sensitive inquiries face “cowardly, vile attacks” and warned that efforts to weaken the institution will not stop its work.
- Rodrigues pointed to progress in the Banco Master case, a suspected large fraud in the financial system, and said the police sought to lift banking secrecy for Fábio Luís Lula da Silva.
- He credited cooperation with the Central Bank led by Gabriel Galípolo and praised Coaf chief Ricardo Saadi, noting the Supreme Court recently limited Coaf’s sharing of financial‑intelligence reports.
- On staffing, he said the force lost more than 300 employees in three years and said President Lula would meet staff representatives later Monday to address career demands.