
This Thursday's arrests were determined by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF, as a result of the 6th stage of Operation Unha e Carne, which investigates a money laundering scheme at gas stations.
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The arrests are an offshoot of the 6th stage of Operation Unha e Carne, which investigates money laundering in a gas station network.
This Thursday's arrests were determined by Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), and are an outcome of the 6th stage of Unha e Carne, held in July.
At the time, Canella and Amim had been the target of searches within an investigation into a network of gas stations in Greater Rio that handled, in 6 years, R$7.6 billion in an alleged money laundering scheme, with the consent of politicians.
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