Overview
- Deolane Bezerra has been held in the female prison in Tupi Paulista since May while the Ministério Público de São Paulo formally denounced her for criminal organization and money laundering linked to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC).
- Prosecutors say investigators traced more than R$1 million in fragmented deposits between 2018 and 2021 and moved funds through a company called Lado a Lado Transportes, which they allege was used by PCC leadership to hide assets.
- She was arrested in Operação Vérnix and authorities seized luxury vehicles and other goods that prosecutors cite as part of the asset‑movement evidence in the case.
- The Superior Tribunal de Justiça denied a release request from her defense and the São Paulo section of the bar association, OAB‑SP, applied a precautionary suspension that bars her from practicing law while disciplinary proceedings continue.
- Deolane's lawyers maintain she is innocent and say her income is lawful and declared, and her sister, Daniele, who visited on July 5, reported that Deolane 'is well, as far as possible' while detained.