Overview

• Federal Police executed 16 arrest warrants and 40 search-and-seizure orders across five states this week, with court-ordered blocks totaling R$291 million.
• According to the inquiry, Fernando Cavalcanti Ribeiro, known as Pato Donald, led production in Bolivia and negotiated directly with European buyers.
• Audio obtained by police captures complaints about missing proof of a shipment that could jeopardize payment and a claim of control over a vessel’s crew.
• The probe outlines a route from Bolivia to Sorocaba, then by air to Belém, with container exports from Vila do Conde to Europe, and identifies João Carlos Camisa Nova Júnior, “Don Coleone,” as overseeing shipments, with investigators citing close PCC links.
• Financial reports raised suspicion of laundering through Império de Casa Verde via transactions tied to companies linked to its president Alexandre Constantino Furtado, whose defense, the school, and the samba league dispute the allegations.