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From 2018 to 2024, the Superior Military Court () sentenced 2,140 Armed Forces soldiers. During these seven years, enlisted men and officers of various ranks were found guilty of crimes, except those in the three forces.
In a survey obtained by Metropolises via the Access to Information Law (), none of the convictions involved generals, brigadiers and admirals.
During the same period, only one major general became a defendant in completed military criminal proceedings or criminal appeals, but he ended up acquitted. The survey refers to data updated by the STM until December 10, 2024.
After this period, the STM condemned . The officer is a doctor, but was already in the paid reserve.
According to the complaint, the general received money, on three occasions in 2008, from a company that sold medical materials with the Army Central Hospital (HCE), in . At the time, the officer was a lieutenant colonel and pocketed R$290,000 in non-updated amounts.
According to the survey, there were 1,615 military personnel from , 281 from and 244 from 2018 to 2024,
Colonels and other ranks
Seventeen colonels form the highest rank to receive convictions, 15 from the Army and two from the Air Force.
The soldiers were found guilty of embezzlement, passive corruption, crimes under the bidding law, embezzlement, ill-treatment, false testimony or false expertise, violence against inferiors and insult.
In the Navy, the corresponding position is that of sea and war captain, but none with the equivalence had a trial resulting in conviction.
The Army had 17 lieutenant colonels convicted, and the Navy, 1 frigate captain. In 2024, one of the officers was found guilty of the crime of promoting prostitution or sexual exploitation of vulnerable people.
The survey does not show the names or the penalties, but in the same year the STM published the case of a lieutenant colonel who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a child.
The victim was the officer’s niece and was abused by him for five years, since she was seven years old. The crime took place in relatives’ homes, in . He lost his military rank.
Rape, harassment and sexual harassment
In addition to the case of the pedophile lieutenant colonel, other soldiers were convicted of crimes involving rape, harassment and sexual harassment. An Army soldier and corporal were convicted of rape.
The cases of sexual harassment resulted in the conviction of a captain, two 2nd lieutenants, a corporal and an Army soldier, two FAB non-commissioned officers; and a sub-officer, a 1st lieutenant and a 2nd sergeant from the Brazilian Navy.
A captain and a 1st lieutenant from the FAB were also convicted of sexual harassment over the last seven years. From the Army, there were a corporal, a soldier, a 2nd sergeant and a 3rd sergeant. The Navy was not condemned.
Other side
In a note, the Army Social Communication Center highlighted that its members are a stratum of Brazilian society and its members and, like all citizens, are subject to the provisions of current civil criminal legislation, plus the provisions of criminal legislation. military.
The force also pointed out that it is not up to the institution to comment on court decisions.
The Navy claimed that the response via LAI already constitutes an official response. FAB did not respond.
