Minister says that Brazil keeps “open doors” for anyone who wants to “truly” collaborate; statement comes after the US classifies PCC and CV as “terrorists”
The Minister of Finance, , said that Brazil wants “have more exchange, more collaboration, more partnership” to combat organized crime. According to him, the government has “open doors” to “Anyone who really wants to collaborate.”
The statement was made after the United States, on Thursday (May 28, 2026) the PCC (First Command of the Capital) and the CV (Red Command) as.
“If there is information from any other authority that there is a criminal faction operating in this or that niche, inform Brazil. We are the first to want to fight. There is a spirit of collaboration open to countries around the world, not just the United States”declared the minister in an interview with Fabio Graner and Thaís Barcellos, from the newspaper , published this Saturday (May 30, 2026).
“We never stop having dialogue with any country, but especially the United States, to say that if there is collaboration between sovereign nations, all Brazil wants is to have more exchange, more collaboration, more partnership to combat organized crime”these.
Durigan stated that the “The country’s sovereign commitment must be to combat these factions” and organized crime in a “very strict”. The minister said that the government is committed to the issue.
The minister criticized “false patriots” what “they say they defend the country”but “incite” unilateral decisions that “they put the country and the economy in a difficult situation”.
Consequences for Pix
Durigan about possible consequences for Pix from the US action.
“There is a fear among financial institutions of suffering from discretionary attack instruments [por parte dos EUA]starting to say that a certain financial institution or account, a certain infrastructure, such as Pix, can be used by criminal factions, called terrorist groups by the North American name, if they start to attack the institutions as targets. This is a first concern”he stated.
According to him, “there cannot be an attack on sovereignty, on an important infrastructure like Pix due to a political fight”.
Not to mention (PL), who said that the president of the USA, (Republican Party), to classify the PCC and the CV as “terrorists”. Durigan stated: “We are talking about a senator, who has a problem publicly justifying a relationship he had, and again causing problems for the economy, for families and for Brazilian businesspeople. This happened in Tarifaço also for an unknown reason last year”.
Flávio was involved in the Master case after the congressman asked Daniel Vorcaro for money for the film “Dark Horse”, which tells the story of (PL).
Durigan mentioned possible macroeconomic impacts of the North American decision, which would not be immediate. “The country risk, which has been decreasing under our government, to the lowest levels in history, may eventually have a reversal”he declared.
“This will signal to the market, to foreign investors, that there is more risk in the country, that they have to be more careful with direct investment in Brazil, with the share on the Brazilian Stock Exchange that they are going to buy. This is very bad and this is artificial. Simply a unilateral, political act, which creates smoke, which creates this feeling, when in fact there is none”these.
The Finance Minister said that, after the measure taken by the US, he spoke with CEOs of large banks. “They are already worried about being targets of possible actions. Therefore, they are increasing their compliance care and carrying out the necessary legal assessments at this time”he stated.
Durigan stated that the fight against organized crime must be done “in the financial flow”then “this is what gives oxygen” e “strength” for criminal factions.
“What matters is cooperation [com os EUA] so that we can seize rifles, a synthetic drug that comes here from the United States. It is important to cooperate so that we receive this information about assets that are in Delaware [considerado paraíso fiscal]of judicial recoveries that are not completed in Brazil, because there are no assets of these companies, which are hidden there. Now, adopting measures to have electoral discourse harming Brazil once again is, in fact, something very regrettable”he declared.
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