Overview
- The bill creates the offense of “qualified criminal organization” with prison terms of 8 to 15 years and raises participation penalties from 3–8 to 5–10 years, with faction-ordered homicide set at 12 to 30 years and no bail.
- It authorizes deeper investigative powers, including undercover infiltration with fictitious companies, monitoring of prison conversations between faction inmates and lawyers, court intervention in front companies, and a national database on factions.
- The presidency signed the text on Friday and sent it to the Chamber of Deputies, with publication in an extra edition of the Official Gazette expected later in the day.
- The move follows a large Rio de Janeiro security operation against the Comando Vermelho reported to have left more than 120 dead, intensifying pressure for a tougher response.
- Opposition figures criticized the draft as insufficient or risky, with a House urgency request already filed, and Estadão separately reported a law sanctioned on Oct. 29 that adds obstruction crimes and extends protections to security agents and their families.