Overview
- Speaking at a solemn Senate session, Cláudio Castro mocked the elevation of Operation Carbono Oculto as a national template and argued criminal groups exploit many economic chains beyond fuel and finance.
- Federal officials have promoted Carbono Oculto as a more 'civilized' response to crime than Rio’s deadly Operation Contenção, highlighting that the multi-agency probe advanced without gunfire.
- The session honored Rio’s police and the four agents killed in Contenção, as right-of-center lawmakers used the event to defend a new legal framework against organized crime and criticize federal policy.
- Deputy Guilherme Derrite said a revised version of the anti-faction bill was prepared after security-sector pushback, with a possible vote signaled for later Wednesday.
- Contenção’s death toll remains disputed, with reports listing 117 or 121 killed, while a separate 'paternity' fight persists over credit for Carbono Oculto between the Lula administration and São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas.