Overview
- Authorities detained Layla Lima Ayub on January 16 under Operation Serpens, a multi-agency investigation led by the Civil Police Internal Affairs and Gaeco units from São Paulo and Pará.
- Judges from São Paulo’s 2nd Organized Crime Court authorized seven search-and-seizure warrants in São Paulo and Marabá and two temporary arrest orders.
- Investigators say Ayub was taken from a rented home in the city’s West Zone to the Civil Police Academy, where personal items were seized for evidence collection.
- The case centers on allegations that she maintained personal and professional links to PCC members, including a reported relationship with a man identified as Jardel, and that she acted in a December 28 custody hearing in Marabá after being sworn in.
- A second target, a PCC member on parole, was also detained, as prosecutors examine suspected organized crime involvement and possible money laundering tied to a bakery purchase in São Paulo.