Dino Sends CGU Audit to Federal Police, Orders Accountability Over NGO-Linked Earmarks

Overview

• Flávio Dino referred the CGU’s latest audit to the Federal Police to assess crimes and either open new inquiries or attach findings to ongoing cases.
• He directed the AGU to set up a 15‑day task force for civil and administrative accountability, ordered the CGU to initiate Anti‑Corruption Law proceedings, and gave the Casa Civil 60 days to standardize ministerial rules.
• The government and Congress must respond within 30 days on corrective measures and on monitoring mechanisms for the execution of parliamentary funds.
• CGU audits of transfers to NGOs from 2020–2024 found governance failures, directed contracting and overpricing across 57 entities and 103 instruments audited, estimating R$ 15.18 million in losses out of R$ 355 million reviewed.
• Dino warned of individualized use of collective earmarks that could revive secretive practices, as the PGR separately sought convictions of Deputies Josimar Maranhãozinho, Pastor Gil and Bosco Costa for alleged bribery and organized crime tied to emenda allocations.