
Pernambuco Civil Police action carries out warrants in several states against suspected links to the PCC.
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Investigations into the criminal organization began in January 2025.
According to the Public Ministry of Pará (MPPA), which assisted in the investigations, Maria Virgínia Grimwood is suspected of passing on confidential information to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) faction.
Operation Sinalagma was launched by the Civil Police of Pernambuco and there are arrest warrants served in Belém, Brasília and São Paulo.
One of the suspects was found in a luxury apartment in Cais José Estelita, in the Cabanga neighborhood, in the central area of Recife.
Other warrants were issued by the District of Ipojuca, in Greater Recife, to investigate the crimes of drug trafficking, money laundering, concealment of assets and corruption of public agents. This Thursday, a total of three arrest warrants were executed, in addition to 11 search and seizure warrants and court orders to seize assets and block financial assets.
The investigations, which began in January 2025, seek to identify and dismantle a criminal organization also involved in the crimes of passive and active corruption, violation of functional secrecy and ideological falsehood.
The operation began in Ipojuca, with the arrest of a possible member of the First Capital Command (PCC).
g1 asked the Civil Police how many arrests had already been made this morning and in which locations they were made. The report also questioned which public servants were involved in the crimes mentioned, since one of the cases investigated is corruption of public agents. The corporation informed that this information will be released at a press conference, scheduled for Friday (16).
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Civil Police press conference on January 16th.
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