This Monday (9), the MP-SP denounced former councilor Milton Leite for benefiting the PCC in municipal transport. The prosecution also requested the preventive detention of 14 people being investigated.
According to investigations, Milton Leite acted as the real owner of Transwolff. The company received R$54 million from the PCC to operate in public transport in São Paulo.
The prosecution gathered statements from police officers and intercepted conversations indicating Leite's influence. The former president of SPTrans Levi dos Santos Oliveira was also denounced.
Leite surrendered on September 18th. He declared to the press: "I am innocent of all charges."
Milton Leite is considered a fugitive from justice. — Photo: Reproduction
The Public Ministry of São Paulo (MP-SP), through the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (Gaeco), denounced this Monday (9) the former councilor and former president of the City Council Milton Leite for promoting the interests of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) in the public transport system of the capital of São Paulo.
In addition to Milton Leite, the complaint targets 13 others being investigated, including the former president of SPTrans Levi dos Santos Oliveira, businesspeople in the public transport sector, lawyers and people identified as members of the criminal organization. In the same document, prosecutors requested the preventive detention of the 14 defendants. Two of them are on the run.
According to the police investigation records, the prosecution points out that Milton Leite used his political influence and acted as the true owner of the company Transwolff Transportes e Turismo Ltda., using formal partners as "oranges".
The complaint highlights that the concessionaire received a contribution of R$54 million from drug trafficking and other crimes committed by the PCC, which enabled it to participate in the public competition for public transport in the capital
To support the accusation, Gaeco gathered testimonies collected in the Military Police Inquiry of the Military Police Internal Affairs, in which military police declared that Transwolff's security was managed by people linked to Milton Leite, whom they expressly named as the real owner of the company.
Furthermore, during the execution of a search and seizure warrant at Milton Leite's residence, investigators seized three brushed steel tribute plaques offered by the companies Move Bus, Transwolff and Norte Bus, companies identified in the investigation as members of the group with interference from the faction
According to the prosecution, analysis of intercepted conversations and intelligence reports reveal that factionists and businesspeople treated Milton Leite's participation as indispensable for structural decisions on public transport, referring to him by code names such as "President", "Miltão" or "boss".
The dialogues show that negotiations on replacing operators in the municipal system — such as UPBus — directly involved the former president of the Chamber and the then president of SPTrans, Levi dos Santos Oliveira, also denounced by the MPSP
Requests for arrest and dismemberment
In addition to the decree of preventive detention, the Public Prosecutor's Office requested the dismemberment of the process to initiate a new investigation focused on investigating the crime of money laundering regarding amounts seized in the case, as well as maintaining the blockade of goods and assets of the accused.
The Public Ministry requests that the complaint be received by the Court, that the accused be summoned to present a defense and that the process continue until trial.
Operation Vectura Corrupta was launched on September 17 to serve 16 arrest warrants and 18 search and seizure warrants in cities such as São Paulo, Santana de Parnaíba, São Bernardo do Campo, Diadema, Santos, Praia Grande and Cubatão.
The investigation investigates the group's activities in transport companies, tenders, political articulations and financing of electoral campaigns. It also targets the so-called "Sintonia dos Gravatas", a nucleus that, according to the police, would bring together lawyers who would work for the benefit of the criminal organization.
Milton Leite only surrendered to the police on September 18 at a police station in Mogi das Cruzes.
On the day, the former councilor spoke to the press and stated that he was innocent of the charges: "I am innocent of all the charges. I believe in justice, in the work of the police. We now have the opportunity to prove everything that was said."
