Brazil's Ex-Intelligence Chief Investigated Over Alleged Political Spying

Supreme Court suspects Alexandre Ramagem was part of a criminal organization that illegally monitored people for the benefit of the Bolsonaro family.

Brazil's Federal Police are investigating Alexandre Ramagem, the former head of the intelligence agency during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidential term, over allegations of organizing a large illegal espionage operation against Bolsonaro’s rivals.
The espionage operation allegedly targeted about 30,000 people, including a governor who is now a minister, judges, lawmakers, politicians and journalists.
The Supreme Court suspects that Ramagem was part of a “criminal organization that sought to illegally monitor people and public authorities” for the “benefit of the Bolsonaro family.”
Investigators mentioned the surveillance of the then governor of Ceará, Camilo Santana, of the Workers’ Party, now serving as education minister in the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; also the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Rodrigo Maia, as well as a wayward Bolsonaro lawmaker and the prosecutor investigating the murder of Marielle Franco.
The spying ring allegedly used a software called FirstMile, manufactured by the Israeli company Cognyte, with which they infected the cell phones of their victims without a court order.