The 3rd Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro authorized the searches, since the weapons were destined for criminals in Rio de Janeiro, according to investigations.
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The court blocked around R$10 million worth of assets belonging to those suspected of being part of the faction responsible for the international trafficking of weapons for restricted use by the armed forces.
How was the operation?
The clandestine cargo would have come on a plane that departed from Miami, in the United States, and would stop at a Paraguayan airport before arriving in Rio.
To deceive the inspection, those investigated made up the records of the cargo's contents, as well as attributing possession of the cargo to an “orange man” – who was unaware of the scheme –, according to the PF.
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international task force
The International Task Force to Combat Arms and Ammunition Trafficking (Ficta), made up of members of the National Public Security Secretariat and supervised by the Federal Police's Arms Traffic Repression Service, participated in the investigations; the Homeland Security Investigations Agency (HSI) of the United States Embassy and Federal Police attachés in Paraguay, among other national and international entities.
Source: Agency Brazil
