The prosecutor of the Public Ministry of São Paulo Lincoln Gakiya declared this Tuesday (25) that “political polarization” harms cooperation in the fight against crime. One of the prosecutors stated that the group is already at a stage considered “mafia”.
“We need to understand that the mere legislative change will provide tools, but it will not tell us how we are going to do it and who is going to do it. And it seems to me that the political polarization that has taken over this country, unfortunately, ends up harming this integration even more”, he said.
He cited Operation Hidden Carbon as an example, which revealed the PCC’s billion-dollar scheme in the fuel sector. According to Gakiya, the action would “hardly” occur currently due to impasses in collaboration with federal forces.
At the hearing, Gakiya also mentioned, as an example of the current reach of criminal organizations, the creation of fintechs and the activities of betting companies. He defended a “different classification” for groups such as the PCC, Comando Vermelho and some militias because they have international operations.
“The PCC today is at a stage, as I said, in my opinion, already considered a mafia stage. It differs from other factions and criminal organizations in Brazil because it has already reached an evolution in money laundering,” he said.
For the prosecutor, the Federal Police must be “better equipped” and strengthened. “It is not recommended, it is not acceptable for Brazil, a continental country, to have only 13 thousand federal police officers. The Military Police of the State of São Paulo alone has 90 thousand police officers; the Civil Police, almost 40 thousand police officers; the Criminal Police, more than 30 thousand police officers”, he said.
PL Antifaction
Regarding the so-called “Anti-Faction PL”, sent by the government, Gakiya stated that the current version of the text could hamper the actions of task forces. He also assessed that the creation of the classification of “ultra-violent criminal organizations” could result in difficulties in classifying members.
“The member does not classify himself as a member. No member of the PCC that I have seen to date says that he is a member of the PCC, including Marcola. Marcola denies to this day being a leader of the PCC”, he stated.
Gakiya was part of the working group that prepared the initial text of the project prepared by the Minister of Justice. One of the changes he advocates is the classification of some organizations as mafia, such as the PCC and Comando Vermelho, and the “creation of a national anti-mafia or anti-violent criminal organization authority”.
“It would be, in my opinion, a body created independently, linked to the Ministry of Justice, but with independence and autonomy; an authority that is appointed by the President of the Republic, approved here by the Senate, that has a mandate; that the mandate does not coincide with the mandate of the President of the Republic”, he suggested.
The project approved in the Chamber is under analysis in the Senate. O, who is also the rapporteur for the CPI on Crime.
