The senator and pre-candidate for the government of Paraná, Sérgio Moro (PL), defended this Monday (15) a more effective model for combating criminal organizations in Brazil. In this package, Moro suggested the creation of task forces aimed at dismantling these criminal organizations and called for a political discourse compatible with the seriousness of the issue.
He, who participates this morning in Veja Fórum, an event organized by Revista Lookcited an episode from 2020, when, according to what he reported, the suspicion of a plan to rescue Marcola in the Federal Prison of Brasília emerged through intelligence. At the time Minister of Justice and Public Security, Moro stated that he sought out then-president Jair Bolsonaro and obtained the decree of a Law and Order Guarantee (GLO) operation around federal prisons.
“The next day there was a tank in front of the Federal Prison of Brasília,” he said, defending demonstrations of force to inhibit the actions of organized crime.
At the state level, the senator declared that he intends to transform Paraná into the “safest state in the country”, if he is elected governor of that State, and announced as a proposal the construction of a maximum security state prison, along the lines of federal units, with the aim of neutralizing the ability of criminals to continue commanding crimes from within the prison.
He cited the presence of criminal organizations in strategic areas, such as the Port of Paranaguá, the triple border region and large urban centers, and stated that, although Paraná is in a better situation than states such as Rio de Janeiro, Ceará and Bahia, the South region records worrying indicators of violence.
For Moro, the challenge is national and involves integrating police forces and creating control and intelligence centers. He recalled that, when minister, he implemented the Integrated Border Operations Center in Foz do Iguaçu, inspired by a North American model known as “Fusion Center”, for sharing data and intelligence between security agencies.
The senator also linked the fight against corruption to improving public management. According to Moro, corruption generates inefficiency and reduces resources available for essential areas, such as health, education and public security. He also warned about the impact of dishonesty within the institutions themselves, stating that the presence of corrupt authorities – such as delegates or judges – compromises the effectiveness of actions and increases the risks of State capture by criminal interests.
