Overview
- São Paulo authorities executed a major operation in Campinas and other cities to arrest alleged PCC leaders for international trafficking and money laundering.
- Courts authorized nine arrest orders and eleven searches, with twelve luxury properties embargoed and bank accounts frozen.
- Police reported an armed clash during the raids that left one suspect dead and a military police officer wounded.
- Key targets include Álvaro Daniel Roberto, known as Caipira, Sérgio Luiz de Freitas Filho, known as Mijão or 2X, and Eduardo Magrini, known as Diabo Loiro, with several suspects still at large.
- The crackdown follows a lethal Rio de Janeiro action against Comando Vermelho with more than 100 reported deaths, as Lula signed a law expanding tools and protections for anti–organized-crime efforts.