Moraes Orders Federal Probe Into Criminal Finances and Public-Sector Infiltration in Rio

Overview

• Federal Police director-general Andrei Rodrigues said an inquiry has already been opened under the Supreme Court order and is pursuing laundering networks and suspected penetration of public bodies.
• Alexandre de Moraes requested footage from the Oct. 28 actions in the Penha and Alemão complexes and pressed for independent forensics and stronger external control by prosecutors, citing the lack of autonomy in Rio’s crime lab.
• The Senate installed an Organized Crime CPI chaired by Fabiano Contarato, with Alessandro Vieira as rapporteur, for an initial 120-day term that can be extended.
• A proposal to apply Brazil’s antiterrorism law to criminal organizations and militias remains pending in the Chamber’s Constitution and Justice Committee after another postponement.
• Parallel enforcement continued countrywide, including PF’s Operation Mundemus in Rio probing alleged extortion by federal agents and arrests linked to homicides and drug trafficking in Bahia, Ceará and Maranhão.