Moraes Orders PF to Probe Laundering and Infiltration as Rio Plans New Finance-Focused Raids

Overview

• Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes directed the Federal Police to open inquiries into criminal money laundering in Rio and possible penetration of public bodies, within the ADPF das Favelas oversight process.
• Moraes requested video from the Oct. 28 megaoperation in the Penha and Alemão complexes to assess potential excessive force after the country’s deadliest raid left 121 people dead.
• Rio’s government is preparing further court‑authorized incursions, with a stated focus on dismantling financial structures and companies allegedly used by factions and militias to launder funds.
• Concurrent actions advanced across states: the PF’s Operation Mundemus in Rio targeted an extortion scheme tied to PF agents and made an arrest, while Bahia’s Vértice I and Código Vermelho operations seized rifles, a submachine gun, pistols and a grenade and led to arrests and injuries among suspects.
• Political oversight intensified as the Senate installed the Organized Crime CPI and elected Senator Fabiano Contarato as chair, with plans to hear state security officials and review contrasting strategies and outcomes.