Overview

• Flávio da Silva Santos, known as Pepé, was detained as the MPRJ’s Gaeco filed a complaint accusing him and Rogério de Andrade of forming an organized criminal group to run illegal gambling.
• At the prosecutors’ request, a court ordered Andrade to remain in the federal prison system and directed Santos to be held under a federal maximum‑security regime, with an interim stay at Bangu 1 pending transfer.
• Agents executed preventive arrests and search warrants at addresses in Rio, the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba‑school quadra, and a horse farm in Cachoeiras de Macacu, targeting locations tied to Santos, Andrade, and ally Vinicius Drumond.
• Security camera footage showed Santos attempting to exit his building through a second door during the raid, and investigators seized a bag containing cellphones and cash.
• The complaint details a corruption scheme paying units of the Civil and Military Police, including records indicating more than R$500,000 disbursed to battalions and precincts over two days.