Overview

• Police identify Adilson Oliveira Coutinho Filho as the organization’s boss, note he remains a fugitive, and cite 23 federal arrest warrants issued in March under Operation Libertatis.
• Investigators describe a durable pact with militias and drug factions that guaranteed exclusive sales, including the Gift brand produced in clandestine factories and distributed in controlled territories for fees.
• Financial analysis attributes at least R$5 billion in flows from 2015 to 2024 and outlines a 12-tier structure that includes hitmen, corrupt public agents, money launderers, factory managers, transporters and retail sellers.
• Authorities link the group to at least 27 violent crimes used to impose a monopoly, while Rio’s Civil Police pursue more than 20 additional cases in which Adilsinho appears as a possible mastermind.
• Reports cite front companies such as Adiloc and AOC as vehicles for laundering through “mescla,” and name Luiz Antônio Verdini as the number two who moved roughly R$5.49 billion in flagged transactions.