The government () decided to boost the disclosure of actions against organized crime, on Thursday (28) after knowing that the Secretary of Public Security of Management (Republicans) would participate in the announcement to the press about the main operation of the day, in.
The episode involves a new chapter of the dispute of the prosecutor of São Paulo and also gives one, being public security relevant in the race for 2026.
. The most important of these is the hidden carbon, a partnership between Gaeco, from the São Paulo Public Prosecution Service, and the, linked to the federal government. The other two, Quasar and Tank, were made by the PF.
Two press interviews to deal with operations were scheduled for the same time: one in São Paulo and one in Brasilia, at 11am.
Behind the investigations, the governments Lula and Tarcisio dispute who will politically capitalize on the results of megaoperation.
The information that the secretary of São Paulo, (PP), would participate in the announcement in the state capital bothered members of the federal government, who speak of an attempt by the Tarcisio government to take advantage of the subject. He was invited by the Public Prosecution Service (on the grounds that the São Paulo military man acted in the action).
In São Paulo, in addition to the secretary, representatives of the bodies involved, including the head of the IRS, Robinson Barreirinhas, and prosecutors responsible for the case.
In Brasilia were the ministers (farm) and (Justice and Public Security), as well as the director general of PF, Andrei Rodrigues. The Minister of Secom (Secretariat of Social Communication) of the Presidency, accompanied the interview.
A person with knowledge of the three operations told the report that hidden carbon would not have occurred without Gaeco and without revenue – that the PF and other public ministries had no participation in it.
Publications by Lula and the official government channel on social networks, however, packaged the three actions as one, giving credits mainly to the PF. In recent days, saying that the corporation is already playing this role.
The one who act in this segment and are used by criminals of the (first command of the capital), with the objective of dismantling the infiltration of organized crime in businesses of the formal economy.
People close to Tarcisio complain about the federal government’s stance, saying that there is an attempt to take advantage of the work of others to gather political fruits. Governor’s allies argue that Derrite participates in almost all MP-SP operations announcements, because the PM is the fulfillment of the court orders.
Already in the federal government, the speech is that Derrite would not be right to be there and would have participated to obtain political dividends of the operation.
The two administrations also tried to capitalize on social networks. On the side of São Paulo, they left the IRS in the background. On the Lula government side, they practically ignored Gaeco.
The petista wrote that the population saw the largest response of the Brazilian state to organized crime in the history of the country and highlighted the coordinated performance of the PF, revenue and state public ministries – in this order.
Then he cited the integrated work that was started with the creation, at the Nucleus to Combat Organized Crime, which “allowed to keep up with the entire chain and reach the financial nucleus that supports these practices.”
The official profile of the Brazilian government in the X (former Twitter) shared a publication to comment on megaoperation, giving credit to federal management and PF. “A mega operation of the Government of Brazil and the Federal Police has reached the financial brain of organized crime in the country in an unprecedented way,” says the caption.
Already Tarcisio released a video highlighting the work of Gaeco. “A great intelligence work began from there, which involves Gaeco here from São Paulo with the police, and this work spread to the whole of Brazil. It involved the Federal Public Prosecutor, Federal Revenue, State Revenue, the Federal Police and today is being triggered the largest operation of its kind in the fuel sector, which is Operation Hidden Carbon,” he said.
Sought, via the press office, Derrite stated that he was invited by the São Paulo Public Prosecutor to participate in the press conference. “The operation was coordinated by MP-SP and had the collaboration of the intelligence of the São Paulo State Security Forces for the last eight months. The collective aims to present data and numbers of this work,” he says in a statement.
The Presidency’s Secom says that the press conference in Brasilia was not summoned in reaction to Derrite’s participation in São Paulo.
“The Federal Government’s press conference, as usual, was held this morning to announce coordinated operations triggered simultaneously today. The collective time was defined from the availability of the ministers. As clarified in the collective itself, there were common targets and shared financial flows between the different fronts, which justified the simultaneous execution of operations. Federative and the protection of the citizen and the consumer, “he says.
If Tarcisio decides to run for presidency. If the governor attempts reelection, Derrite is expected to run for a Senate place next year with the support of Bolsonarism.
