Conversations obtained by the police reinforce the influence of Márcio dos Santos Nepomuceno, “Marcinho VP”, as the central leader of the faction, even after years of incarceration. He is the father of Oruam
The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro launched this Wednesday (29) a new phase of “Operation Containment” to dismantle the financial arm of the Red Command. Among the targets of preventive arrest warrants are the funk singer Oruam, his mother and brother Lucas Nepomuceno, who have not yet been located by the authorities.
In yet another offensive of the operation, civil police officers from the Narcotics Repression Police Station (DRE) carried out arrest and search and seizure warrants in addresses linked to those involved in Jacarepaguá and Barra da Tijuca, in the southwest zone of Rio.
The investigations were based on the analysis of data extracted from seized electronic devices, in addition to the crossing of telematic and financial information.
According to the Civil Police, investigations revealed a structured system for receiving, dispersing and reinserting illicit values into the formal economic circuit. Resources from trafficking were passed on by faction leaders to financial operators, who fragmented the amounts through third-party accounts, in addition to using them to pay expenses, acquire goods and hide assets.
Financial transactions that were incompatible with the income declared by those investigated were also identified.s, indicating the illicit origin of the resources. The investigation also highlighted the coordinated action of several members, including operators responsible for intermediating successive transactions with the aim of making it difficult to trace the money.
The investigation identified dialogues between Carlos Costa Neves, known as “Gardenal”, appointed as one of the main leaders of the Red Command, and a militiaman. The conversations reinforce the influence of Márcio dos Santos Nepomuceno, “Marcinho VP”, as the central leader of the faction, even after years of incarceration. He is the father of Oruam.
Investigations are ongoing to identify other parties involved, possible companies used in money laundering and indirect beneficiaries of illicit resources. This Wednesday’s action is part of “Operation Containment”, a strategic offensive by the State Government to contain and attack the territorial advance of the criminal faction Comando Vermelho.
The main objective is to dismantle the financial, logistical and operational structure of the criminal organization, in addition to arresting drug traffickers operating in the region. To date, more than 300 have been captured and another 136 criminals neutralized in the confrontation. Around 470 weapons were seized, including 190 rifles, and more than 51 thousand ammunition.
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