The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro launched, on the morning of this Thursday (16), Operation “Dirty Banking”, against a million-dollar network of online betting, money laundering and cigarette smugglingwith connections to the PCC (First Command of the Capital).
According to DCOC-LD (Department for Combating Criminal Organizations and Money Laundering), the group moved more than R$130 million in three yearsusing shell companies, fractional transfers and simulated operations to hide the origin of the values. The investigations also identified fraud against bettors and the concealment of illicit resources from .
The police carried out 15 search and seizure warrants, 12 in Duque de Caxias, 2 in the capital of Rio de Janeiro and 1 in Belford Roxo, in addition to blocking assets and breaches of telematic and financial secrecy. Have already been determined blocking of R$65 million in bank accounts, R$2.2 million in vehicles and seizure of assets encountered during operation.
The investigations point to strong links between the investigated nucleus and criminal structures in Baixada Fluminense, especially with the which operates in smuggling, corruption and financing networks of other illicit activities. The scheme, according to the Civil Police, demonstrates the intertwining between financial crimes and territorial-based organizations, something unusual even in large operations.
Elements gathered by DCOC-LD also indicate the participation of through companies that sell cigarette filters and received transfers from firms associated with the main group. This connection, according to investigators, reinforces the national and articulated character of the operation, which goes beyond the borders of Rio.
