The PF (Federal Police) created CGFron (General Border Coordination) and, with that, starts to coordinate crimes that occur on Brazil’s borders with neighboring countries from Brasília.
In practice, If a cargo theft occurs, the case is investigated by the PF Superintendence in the state where the crime occurred, but the investigation is subordinate to this coordination. Before, it would be located at the area police station.
Investigators interviewed by CNN explain that this centralization helps to have more control over the links between crimes and there is the possibility of exchanging information if, for example, the suspects in a robbery are the same as those in a homicide in another bordering state.
A practical example: If a faction is investigated for the murder of a State agent in Paraná on the border with Paraguay, this investigation may be related to an assault by the same group in Mato Grosso do Sul. Previously, there would be two separate investigations by police stations in different states that would not exchange information.
With CGFron, the cases that occurred at the border are under the supervision of the Superintendence, but with the supervision of the General Coordination, which will direct the investigation.
The strategy follows the same model as GISE, which are sensitive investigation groups. Every state has one, which is subordinate to the CGPRE, General Coordination for the Repression of Drugs, Weapons, Crimes against Property and Criminal Factions of the PF, in Brasília.
For example, investigations against the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) or CV (Comando Vermelho). The research is carried out by the states, but with coordination from Brasília, which is always aware of the directions and stages of the process.
The creation of CGFron is a long-standing demand from researchers, who believe that the integration of information helps in the fight against organized crime, with borders being “the gateways” to crime in Brazil.
