São Paulo Police Target PCC ‘Auditors’ in Multi-City Raids

Overview

• Police launched Operation Auditoria to pursue faction members who act as internal auditors and administrators.
• Authorities moved to execute 38 preventive arrest warrants and 110 search-and-seizure warrants across six municipalities.
• Raids reached São Paulo, Guarulhos, Itaquaquecetuba, Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Suzano and Mogi das Cruzes.
• Sixteen people were in custody at the time of reporting, with seizures that included drugs, cellphones, cash, documents and accounting notebooks.
• The 8th Cerco led the action with dozens of officers and ten police chiefs, and investigators cited more than R$700,000 in one week from a single drug point.