PF appoints Canella as political articulator of a criminal organization that generated 7.6 billion in 6 years

The conclusions are contained in the representation sent to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), in which the PF requested the preventive detention of Canella and 5 others being investigated. Among them, the former secretary of the Civil Police of RJ Marcus Amim.

According to the corporation, Canella occupied a strategic position within the investigated structure, functioning as a link between the political nucleus, the economic sector linked to gas stations and members identified as members of the criminal organization. The PF states that he was the group's "political patron and high-ranking coordinator."

The investigations began with an intelligence report sent to the PF by the Financial Activities Control Council (Coaf). The document pointed out that the group turned over R$7.6 billion in the last 6 years.

According to the investigation, Canella would have been responsible for arranging the nomination of delegate Marcus Amim for the presidency of Detran-RJ and, later, for command of the Civil Police. The representation states that he would have even worked to facilitate the legislative changes necessary for the appointment.

The investigators also maintain that documents seized during the 6th Operation Unha e Carne phase record financial transfers identified with the acronym "Canela", in addition to movements attributed to the politician in notes that would detail the division of resources from gas stations linked to the group.

For the Federal Police, Canella appeared as a beneficiary of values ​​originating from the organization's economic core and had a relevant role in the political support of the investigated structure. The corporation also cites business ties, financial transactions considered suspicious and relationships with people identified as members of the scheme.

In the arrest request, investigators describe an organization that moved around R$7.6 billion between 2020 and 2026 through a network of companies and gas stations spread across the state of Rio de Janeiro.

For the corporation, the group maintained a division of tasks between financial operators, businesspeople and public agents, with the aim of hiding resources of illicit origin and ensuring influence over inspection and investigation bodies.

In one of the excerpts of the document, the PF states that the elements gathered indicate that Canella occupied a "position of convergence between political and business nuclei", being identified as a central piece of the articulation of the alleged criminal organization.

“I trust in God and Justice and I am sure that everything will be clarified”, declared Canella. Amim's defense informed that they will not comment until they have access to the records. TV Globo is trying to contact the other people being investigated.