A report prepared by the International Drug Trafficking Research course cites a known figure on the networks: Bishop Bruno Leonardo, owner of the worldwide revival Baptist Church and has become a pop phenomenon on networks.
where the bishop publishes daily messages to his followers, he accumulates 50.9 million subscribers. Their publications often reach millions of views.
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According to the platform, which compares profile metrics on social networks, the bishop is third in the ranking. Only loses to the funk producer Kondzilla channel and Felipe Neto’s younger brother Luccas Neto who is successful among children.
The most recent video, for example, was published earlier this Thursday (27/3) with the prayer of the day. Less than ten hours later, he had almost three million views and hundreds of thousands of comments -of a bishop himself informing the church’s “pix” to those who want to contribute.
Already on Instagram, the bishop has 9.8 million followers and also shares his content there. The difference is wide even compared to the profile of the church itself, which currently accumulates just over 550,000 followers.
In one of the videos, he appears in an event, on the stage, announcing a donation of $ 2 million to a hospital. According to him, the amount comes from the tithe paid to the church for the “dear sheep,” as he calls the faithful.
He also usually visit different cities in Brazil, where he brings together the faithful in major events, including stadium, as occurred in Minas Gerais in late 2024. The latest, released by him on the social network 4 days ago, was in Salvador (BA), where the church is located.
In late January, in São Luis, he also announced in one of these events the donation of $ 500,000 to a cancer hospital, when he was applauded by the audience.
PF Quote
the PF and the Federal Public Prosecution Service (MPF) cite in reports suspicious transactions between the church of Bishop Bruno Leonardo Santos Cerqueira and a company investigated for relation to the.
Information about their transactions is in documents of Operation Mafiusi, which Mira Agati, pointed out as a kind of Machine of the CCP summit and a member of a group involved in international drug trafficking.
The investigation cites that it was part of the scheme logistics a network of companies used for money laundering. One of them is the Starway vehicle rental, which, according to the PF, received seven transfers from the worldwide revival Baptist Church in the total amount of R $ 2.2 million.
According to the investigators, although transactions disappear more than $ 2 million and have been done over eight months, between 2021 and 2022, no invoice was located to justify the transfers.
Despite the quote to the bishop, he is not formally investigated in the operation, was only named in the investigation report.
Defense
The column has made contact with Bruno Leonardo’s defense since Monday (24/3). At first, the bishop’s lawyer said the transactions are related to the purchase of vehicles, who have invoices and that would forward an official position on the subject.
The lawyer, however, did not subsequently sent the official position of the bishop’s defense.
After publication of the report, the bishop published a video in which he claims that the church bought the company’s cars in 2021 and that the notes exist. He says he is being chased.
He also parallened the case of the purchase of vehicles with a donation he made to Rio Grande do Sul in 2024.
“Last year, we bought $ 2 million foods to send to Rio Grande do Sul. I don’t know the store owners either. Our team was, looked, bought and we sent it. If in a few years, this distributor has some involvement with illicit things, we are also involved because we are customers?” He asked.
