Overview

• Agents served 10 preventive-arrest and 8 search warrants across Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais in a PF–MPF action under the PF’s Missão Redentor with support from São Paulo’s military police.
• Two suspects had been arrested as of the latest update, with the operation ongoing.
• Investigators describe an industrial setup capable of producing about 3,500 rifles a year to supply factions in Rocinha and the Complexo do Alemão.
• The network allegedly imported components from the United States and China and used high-precision CNC machinery to manufacture parts domestically.
• The probe builds on the 2023 Wardogs case and the August 2025 shutdown of a Santa Bárbara d’Oeste plant that yielded assembled rifles and more than 31,000 parts, and suspects face charges including aggravated organized crime and international trafficking of restricted firearms.