PFPE
Brazilian Federal Police Operation Against the CCP / Comando Vermelho
Portugal is already the European country with the highest concentration of elements of the CCP, the largest and most violent criminal organization in South America. Gang, which has an infiltrated boss in our country and makes prisons field of recruitment, uses Portuguese ports as a drug gate in Europe.
The First Command of the Capital (CCP), considered the bigger and more violent criminal organization of South America, already has a significant presence in Portugal, with 87 Identified members by the Brazilian authorities.
Among CCP members identified in our country, 29 are infiltrated In prison establishments, which, says, is the favorite place of recruitment of this “crime multinational”.
Portugal is already the European country with the highest concentration of elements of the CCP, according to an investigation conducted by the Public Prosecution Service of São Paulo.
Worldwide, only Paraguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay surpass the Portuguese numbers of this criminal organization that currently has about 40,000 militants distributed by 28 countries.
Brazilian investigation revealed that existed 2078 Elements of the organization spread globally at the end of 2023 – the year the number of elements of the CCP in Portugal more than doubled.
The prosecutor of São Paulo, Lincoln Wearswhich coordinates an organized crime fight group, draws an alarming portrait of the presence of the mafia network in Portugal, where it is a “boss” of this union Of the crime, says the.
The organization established a complete hierarchical structure in the countryincluding one responsible for weaponry and a link with members detained in Portuguese prison establishments.
This presence indicates that the CCP is not only intended to expand in Europe, but also definitely implement the drug trafficking in Portugal-an operation to which the organization gives the name of Code of “Tuning of progress“.
Gakiya warns of the one who considers to be the main danger represented by the CCP: its Prison Origin and Methodology.
“The greatest danger of the CCP is its prison origin. It is in chains that it has power of organization and ideology, a very rigid discipline and that spreads very easily in the prison system,” explains the Brazilian magistrate.
This Prison Recruitment Strategy represents a particular threat to European countries, where the organization seeks to establish operational cells through the Infiltration into the penitentiary system.
Roberto Ochôaexpert in organized crime and member of the Brazilian Public Security Forum, identified Portugal as having “strategic importance significant ”in the expansion plan of the CCP.
The Portuguese Ports – Sines, Leixões and Lisbon – constitute attractive logistics routes for cocaine trafficking from South America, the expert tells JN. The CCP uses these ports as main entrance door In Europe, using tons of cocaine into the continent.
A sharing of the Portuguese language and the strong cultural links between Brazil and Portugal facilitate infiltration of the CCP members, allowing them to “pass more unnoticed than in other European countries”. Additionally, Portugal acts as a “swivel drug distribution platform for the rest of Europe”.
Unlike the ostensive violence observed in Brazilthe presence of the CCP in Portugal manifests itself through “theDiscrete Logistics Pettingstrafficking and money laundering ”, making detection more complex for the authorities.
With an estimated annual revenue in 155.8 million eurosthis multinational of crime represents a growing challenge and is “a direct threat to sovereignty and state security, ”says Ochôa.
