Cooperation between the IRS and the American border agency provides for real-time sharing of information on shipments of weapons and sensitive materials
The Ministry of Finance announced this Friday (10) a cooperation between the governments of Brazil e two United States to combat organized crimecom expansion of data exchange about the weapons flow e drugs between countries.
The agreement between the Federal Revenue ea US border agency predicts real-time sharing of information on weapons shipments e sensitive materialswith data exchanges between the two countries on possible arrivals and departures of these items, in addition to strengthening the fight against drug trafficking.
The Minister of Finance, Dario Durigan, stated in an interview with journalists that the plan was unlocked after a conversation between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
“It is the first relevant step after the conversation between Lula and Trump to cooperate in the fight against organized crime… The plan is that, from this step forward, we can advance on other fronts in cooperation with the United States,” he said.
The initiative was presented while the Brazilian government continues to expect a Lula’s trip to the USA to meet Trump, an agenda that was scheduled for March, but ended up not being confirmed.
Lula has said that, in conversations with Trump, he placed Brazil at the willingness to work together with the USA in combating organized crimeincluding pointing out Brazilians involved in criminal activities who live in the USA.
The PT member, who should seek re-election this year, placed among the Ministry of Finance’s priorities the presentation of concrete actions to combat organized crimean agenda usually explored by right-wing politicians.
The announcement of cooperation between the two countries comes at a time when Washington raises the possibility of , something the Brazilian government opposes. In the interview, Durigan said that in discussions on the cooperation announced this Friday, the topic did not come up for debate.
According to the Treasury, Brazil seized more than 1.5 tons of drugs from the USA only in the first quarter of this year. In the last 12 months, 1,168 weapon parts with the same origin.
*With information from Reuters
