The Federal Police seeks to arrest 35 targets for violent cargo thefts and trucks In the state of São Paulo, in an operation on the morning of Tuesday (30).
Operation Road has the purpose of Brazil: Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso. In all, more than 400 police from the PF and the Military Highway Police fulfill 35 temporary arrest warrants and 49 warrants and search and seizure.
The investigation coordinated by the Federal Police Station in Campinas began in May 2024. An armed gang was identified, whose members specialize in theft of trucks, as well as in vehicle disagreements and marketing of the pieces, as well as money laundering. The criminal organization is related to
The PF states that two men, pointed out as leaders of the organizationwhen they did not participate directly in the thefts, recruited members to execute the crimes.
The crimes involved cellular signal blockers, which allows disengage the horse from the truck of a truck without generating alert in monitoring centersin addition to the rental of warehouses to be used as places for breakdown and transportation of parts with fake invoices.
Thefts happened in many ways: Armed approach to moving vehiclesfalse hiring of application freight and violent approach to truckers in resting places.
See some of the main points of the gang identified in the police investigation:
- A partner-administrator of a satellite vehicle tracking company is part of the criminal organization, which allows privileged access to truck information
- After the breakdown, the pieces were sold by receivers in several states, including marketplaces
- The concealment of illicit money occurs through bank accounts of relatives, third parties (oranges and iron tests) and legal entities
- The purpose of the organization was theft of at least two trucks a week, which could generate earnings of more than $ 1 million per month
Investigated, who already register tickets for theft, receiving, gang formation, trafficking, threat, falsehood and estelionate, will respond to crimes to take command and integrate armed criminal organization, capital washing through criminal organization, theft and reception, whose added penalties exceed 40 years in prison.
In addition to the arrests and searches, it was also determined the kidnapping of assets and values linked to the criminal organization in a total of R $ 40,000.0 (forty million reais) and the suspension of legal entities that have proven to negotiate pieces of stolen trucks or assisted the financial movement of the organization.
