STF Orders Federal Probe Into Crime Networks in Rio as Focus Shifts to Finances

Overview

• Alexandre de Moraes directed the Federal Police to open a macro‑inquiry into money laundering by factions and militias and the infiltration of criminal groups in public bodies in Rio de Janeiro.
• He requested operational footage from recent actions in Rio to assess potential excessive force and flagged the lack of autonomy of the state’s forensic service, urging stronger external control by prosecutors.
• Rio’s security authorities announced forthcoming, court‑authorized actions aimed at companies and assets used to wash money, with arrest and search warrants to be executed.
• Four suspects were arrested in Bahia in Operation Código Vermelho/Narke 5 over the July killing of Samu driver Weider da Silva Nascimento and for alleged participation in a trafficking network.
• The Senate installed a 120‑day Organized Crime CPI led by Fabiano Contarato to examine the spread of factions and possible involvement of public agents, as separate probes continue, including a Paraná task force into a debt‑collection ambush with two suspects at large.