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Brazil’s Federal Police Launch Nationwide ‘Proteção Integral III’ Raids Targeting Online Child Exploitation

A synchronized sweep across 16 states executes 182 searches and 11 arrest warrants, with totals still being updated.

Overview

  • Authorities mobilized 617 federal officers and 273 state civil police across 16 states and the Federal District for coordinated searches and arrests.
  • Initial tallies reported between 19 and 37 in‑flagrante arrests, with two minors apprehended and one to two victims rescued as figures were revised during the day.
  • Investigators seized phones, laptops, hard drives and CPUs for forensic analysis after identifying suspects through internet monitoring and coded online language.
  • In São Paulo on October 7, the Civil Police’s Deic arrested 10 people on suspicion of storing and distributing child sexual exploitation material following keyword tracking.
  • Regional updates included an in‑flagrante arrest of a 40‑year‑old in Maceió and four searches plus a preventive arrest in Boa Vista, with further investigative steps underway.