São Paulo procurement probes expose organized‑crime links

Timeline

1. 9 days ago

   [POLITICS] 9 sources

   São Paulo judge extends detention of PT councilor over alleged PCC links

   São Paulo judge extends the detention of PT councilor Senival Moura, accused of PCC‑linked money laundering through public‑transport assets, rejecting a request for electronic monitoring.

2. 26 days ago

   [CRIME] 3 sources

   São Paulo ex‑city officials investigated in R$1 billion air‑conditioning contract fraud

   Brazil’s Gaeco launched Operation Ar Frio, arresting two former São Paulo city officials accused of steering R$1 billion air‑conditioning contracts and laundering bribes, with cash and phones seized.

3. about 1 month ago

   [POLITICS] 2 sources

   Rede Sol fuel distributor contracts with São Paulo and Rio state governments amid PCC probe

   Brazilian fuel distributor Rede Sol secured multi‑million‑real contracts with São Paulo and Rio state governments despite a federal probe linking it to the PCC crime syndicate.

4. about 1 month ago

   [POLITICS] 13 sources

   São Paulo councilor Senival Moura seeks PT exit after arrest in money‑laundering probe

   São Paulo councilor Senival Moura, arrested for alleged PCC money‑laundering via Transunião, asked to leave the PT; the party will refer the case to its Ethics Committee.

5. about 1 month ago

   [POLITICS] 10 sources

   São Paulo councilor Senival Moura requests PT exit after arrest linked to PCC

   São Paulo councilor Senival Moura was arrested on suspicion of laundering money for the PCC through bus firm Transunião and has asked to leave the PT, citing the need to focus on his defence.

6. about 1 month ago

   [CRIME] 2 sources

   Brazilian lawyers arrested for leaking judicial data to crime gang PCC

   Two São Paulo lawyers were jailed for illegally accessing court data and passing it to the PCC, while a separate probe targets hacker Patrick Brito, accused of providing illicit device‑hacks to police officials

7. about 1 month ago

   [CRIME] 10 sources

   Brazil probes PCC ties as councilor Senial Moura is detained and Rio police fuel contract stays active

   Councilor Senial Moura was detained over a PCC‑linked bus‑company laundering scheme, while a fuel firm under the same investigation keeps a R$168.8 M Rio police contract.

8. about 1 month ago

   [CRIME] 31 sources

   Vereador Senival Moura arrested as police dismantle PCC money‑laundering scheme at Transunião

   Police arrested PT councilor Senival Moura and others, exposing a PCC money‑laundering network operating through the Transunião bus concession; assets seized and municipal intervention ordered.

9. about 2 months ago

   [CRIME] 2 sources

   São Paulo arrests three public officials for alleged PCC infiltration

   São Paulo prosecutors arrested a former intern, a civil‑police investigator and a penal‑police officer for allegedly leaking confidential data and extorting money for the PCC, amid a plot to kill Gaeco prosecut

10. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Brazil police chief and businessman captured in video linked to PCC plot to kill prosecutor

    Video shows former Campinas drug‑investigation chief meeting a businessman linked to a PCC plot to kill a Gaeco prosecutor; Operation Infiltrados arrests three suspects and conducts searches in Campinas and Car

11. about 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 14 sources

    PCC infiltration in São Paulo prompts arrests of ex‑MP intern and police officials

    São Paulo's Operation Infiltrados arrested an ex‑MP intern, a former DISE chief and an ex‑civil police officer for alleged PCC infiltration, extortion and a plot to kill prosecutor Amauri Silveira Filho.

12. 2 months ago

    [CRIME] 2 sources

    Brazil's PCC spotlighted in new investigative reports

    GloboNews reveals PCC's billion‑dollar scale across 28 countries, while a podcast ties its rise to the 1992 Carandiru massacre and prison abuses.