São Paulo Integrates 24 Congonhas Airport Cameras Into Smart Sampa

Overview

• The new integration monitors embarkation, disembarkation and other public areas of the terminal, excluding post‑security zones.
• The primary objective is to identify fugitives, with Guarda Civil Metropolitana personnel stationed on site for potential arrests.
• The Federal Police can use the footage in investigations, complementing Smart Sampa’s role across municipal and state security agencies.
• Smart Sampa now aggregates roughly 40,000 cameras citywide and has logged 3,505 in‑flagrante arrests and 2,301 captures, with a target of 200,000 cameras by 2028.
• Academic and civil‑society groups report no significant reductions in key crime indicators and warn of misidentifications and privacy risks, which the city disputes.