Overview
- Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski is scheduled to testify before the Senate CPI on Organized Crime on Tuesday at 9 a.m.
- The committee approved an invitation authored by rapporteur Senator Alessandro Vieira, who says the minister's input is essential to evaluate current policies.
- Senator Fabiano Contarato presides over the inquiry, which examines the actions, expansion, and internal structures of factions and militias across Brazil.
- Prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya told the CPI on November 25 that harsher penalties for criminal groups and a stronger Federal Police are needed.
- Vieira’s request also invites Defense Minister José Múcio, Federal Police chief Andrei Rodrigues, and ABIN director Luiz Fernando Corrêa, with dates yet to be set.