It is preparing changes in the DIP (Police Intelligence Directorate), a sector under the management of general director Andrei Rodrigues.
The current director, Rodrigo Morais, was appointed to be an attaché in London and will leave his post. The new head will be Leandro Almada, current superintendent of Rio de Janeiro, a delegate who played a leading role in the Marielle case.
Morais gained prominence in Andrei’s administration, having accumulated in his directorships the main investigations against the former president and his allies, leading to a positive agenda for the government ().
A few years before becoming DIP, in 2018, he began to be criticized by the then president and people close to him. He left the case investigation at the end, when he won a position in the United States.
In addition to the DIP, other changes are taking place in the PF, deviating from a pattern of recent years, when changes of directors only occurred when a new general director arrives.
In London, Morais will replace delegate William Marcel Murad, the main candidate to, upon his return, assume the role of number 2 in the PF, the position of executive director.
The position of “02” will become vacant with the departure of police chief Gustavo Leite, appointed to join the Interpol team, the international police organization, which will be .
The DCI (Directorate of International Cooperation), headed by Urquiza, does not yet have a defined name. Delegate Felipe Seixas, who works in the PF executive director’s office, is being considered for the vacancy.
Almada, Morais’ successor at DIP, is well regarded by colleagues in the current management and has already held several leadership positions in the PF.
Before taking over as director of the PF in Rio de Janeiro, he was responsible for the investigation opened to investigate the attempted interference in the investigation conducted by the Public Ministry of Rio into the murder of the councilor () in 2018.
During the Lula government, after being appointed to head the PF in Rio de Janeiro, he set up the team that closed the case and appointed members of the Brazão family as its principals.
For his new mission as head of the Intelligence sector, Almada must have one of the delegates from the Marielle case on his team.
Delegate Jaime Cândido is tipped to take over the CGI (General Intelligence Coordination).
Rafael Caldeira, current head of the CGI, should be appointed to CGCINT (General Coordination of Counterintelligence), the sector where the main investigations involving Bolsonaro are located.
Caldeira has already worked with Almada in the PF superintendence in Amazonas and was known for conducting the investigation that gave rise to the La Muralla operation, in 2014, which dismantled the command of the Família do Norte faction.
The position that will be occupied by Caldeira belonged to delegate Thiago Severo Rezende, appointed to be a liaison officer at Europol (the European Union’s police agency).
Rezende was immediately sent abroad to indict members of the family that harassed Alexandre de Moraes’ minister in Rome, Italy.
During the administration of , the DIP carried out investigations involving Bolsonaro and his surroundings, which resulted in the emptying of the sector responsible for investigations in higher courts.
In total, at least three delegates from the corporation’s leadership must exchange their positions for positions in Europe.
Appointments for positions abroad are Andrei’s responsibility. Appointments are seen as a reward internally and always target delegates who held sensitive leadership positions in the corporation.
According to delegates interviewed by Sheetthe appointment of Leandro Almada to a relevant position as director of DIP was due to his and his team’s performance in investigating the case of Marielle’s death.
With the arrival of Almada’s team to DIP, the dispute for the head of Rio’s superintendency intensified. One of those listed is the superintendent of Bahia, Flávio Albergaria.
There is also a movement of members of the PT from Rio de Janeiro to try to become the head of the PF in the state. According to reports, the name defended by them is that of delegate Carlos Henrique de Oliveira.
