Buzeira Moved to São Paulo Detention After Custody Upheld as Prosecutors File New Gambling Case

Overview

• After a federal judge confirmed preventive detention, Bruno “Buzeira” Alexssander Souza Silva was transferred to CDP IV in Pinheiros and alleged financial operator Rodrigo Morgado was sent to the São Vicente facility.
• The São Paulo Prosecutor’s Office filed a new denunciation and obtained an additional arrest order alleging repeated illegal gambling and the concealment and conversion of proceeds, also naming Rudny Alan Damasceno.
• Newly released surveillance video shows Buzeira taking and loading a 12‑gauge shotgun as Federal Police surrounded his home while his pregnant wife and 4‑year‑old daughter were present, with PF citing failed attempts to gain entry peacefully.
• Investigators describe a laundering structure using shell firms, cryptocurrencies and online betting, with Morgado identified as a central operator and evidence including a R$50 million invoice tied to a Curaçao company and efforts to cluster multiple betting operations under one license.
• Police seized a shotgun, three pistols, a revolver, a rifle, luxury vehicles, more than 30 motorcycles, electronics and two large stones identified as emeralds with a certificate valuing them at R$1.7 billion pending forensic analysis, in an operation executed with support from Germany’s BKA and accompanied by asset blocks exceeding R$630 million.