Federal Police Execute Ninth Phase of Master Probe Targeting Senator Jaques Wagner

Overview

• The Federal Police, acting on an order from Supreme Court Minister André Mendonça, carried out 18 search‑and‑seizure warrants on Thursday in Bahia, São Paulo and Brasília that named Senator Jaques Wagner and businessman Augusto Lima as targets.
• Investigators say they found elements that suggest Wagner received economic advantages such as private flights, high‑value concert tickets, an apartment purchase and payments to a family‑linked company, which the probe says could, in theory, amount to corruption and money‑laundering offenses.
• Authorities reported seizing cash and luxury items at addresses linked to Wagner, including roughly US$51,000 and €33,000, as part of measures that also placed limits on travel and contact among some suspects.
• Wagner denied close ties to ex‑banker Daniel Vorcaro, said the apartment was intended to help his daughter, affirmed he will remain government leader unless the president decides otherwise, and faced public calls from some allies to step down while his party defended him.
• The ninth phase continues Operação Compliance Zero, which began in November 2025 and has already reached Vorcaro and other politicians, and comes as separate police work in the Northeast led to the arrest and transfer of two suspects linked to the Mossoró attack that wounded a councilor and killed a cameraman.