PCC cocaine laboratory, Brazilian mafia, dismantled in Lourinhã, in 2024
Ygor Daniel Zago lived in a luxury condominium in Cascais, where he maintained the operation and laundered the millions generated by drug trafficking and fuel fraud. He was detained by the Judiciary Police on Friday.
Better known by the nickname HulkYgor Daniel Zago is, according to the description of the Brazilian justice system, “a mega international drug trafficker” and one of the heads of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC).
According to , in 2014, he had already been sentenced in Brazil to 29 years in prison, for his involvement in a transatlantic scheme between the PCC and the Balkan mafia.
But, while waiting for an appeal decision (in freedom), he set up a fuel smuggling scheme, adulterated with methanol.
In 2023, he was caught in this scheme, where methanol was added to gasoline – in a fraud worth many millions of euros, with the criminal organization taking over a large part of the fuel market in Brazil.
“In 2023, following a seizure of 30 thousand liters of methanol, the investigation into the origin of the seized chemical compound led to the discovery of a criminal organization, involved in the trade of fuel adulterated with methanol, corruption of public officials and concealment of assets and funds derived from these illicit activities”, explained the PJ, in .
Hulk, 44 years old, managed to escape and hid in Portugal since Mayin a luxury condominium in Cascais, from and where did the illegal business run from?.
It was there that the PJ detained him, this Friday. As detailed by the CM, he is indicted for the crimes of criminal association, corruption and money laundering. THE girlfriend – also wanted for money laundering and trafficking – was also detained.
They will both be present at the Lisbon Court of Appeal to begin the process of extradition to Brazil. They could be sentenced to 12 years in prison.
