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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Prints and audios reveal fixed hours and daily charges to 'managers' of drug 'stores' of PCC in RR

Investigations into the PCC's drug trafficking operations in Roraima reveal structured control and financial accountability among its members.

Feb 26 • 15:14 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Judge's wife who released PCC leader acted in rulings, reveals CNJ

The wife of Judge Divoncir Schereiner Maran, Viviane Alves Gomes de Paula, is implicated in a CNJ report concerning her influence over judicial decisions related to the release of PCC leader Gerson Palermo in 2020.

Feb 25 • 17:27 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

MP charges 30 members of PCC for drug distribution scheme in Roraima

The Roraima Public Prosecutor's Office has charged 30 members of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) for operating a drug distribution scheme in the state.

Feb 24 • 22:56 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

There Will Be a Higher Exemption from PCC. Purchases Up to 3,000 PLN Tax-Free

The Polish Ministry of Finance proposes to raise the tax exemption limit for PCC from 1,000 PLN to 3,000 PLN as part of a legislative initiative.

Feb 24 • 16:49 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Major change in taxes: you will no longer pay tax on this amount

The Polish Ministry of Finance proposes raising the exemption limit on the PCC tax to address outdated thresholds that have not changed in 25 years.

Feb 24 • 16:49 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
National & Local

Revolution in Taxes: You Will No Longer Pay Tax on This Amount

The Polish Ministry of Finance proposes updating the long-standing tax exemption limit in a legislative revision.

Feb 24 • 16:49 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

New organizational chart created by the Civil Police reveals the business structure of the PCC, with 'compliance' sectors and social networks

The Civil Police of São Paulo unveiled a new organizational chart of the PCC, revealing four new sectors within its business structure.

Feb 24 • 08:03 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Public Prosecutor says Gaviões da Fiel muse bought car and property with PCC money

The Public Prosecutor's Office claims that Natacha Horana, a model and muse for the Gaviões da Fiel, purchased luxury items using funds from the criminal organization PCC.

Feb 21 • 16:15 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Musa of Gaviões da Fiel accused of money laundering; understand what led to the MP's complaint

Natacha Horana, a dancer and influencer known as the muse of Gaviões da Fiel, is facing money laundering allegations tied to the criminal organization Primeiro Comando da Capital in São Paulo.

Feb 21 • 03:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Former Faustão dancer, Gaviões muse accused of money laundering for PCC

Natacha Horana, a former dancer on the show Faustão and a prominent figure associated with Gaviões da Fiel, has been accused of money laundering linked to a criminal organization in Brazil.

Feb 21 • 00:30 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Trial of police officers for the murder of PCC informant to be in June

The trial for police officers suspected of murdering PCC informant Antônio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach is scheduled for June in Guarulhos, Brazil.

Feb 20 • 22:51 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Young woman who went missing and may have been killed for being from CV was kidnapped after barbecue with couple arrested for the crime, says police

The young woman Maria Eduarda Cordeiro da Silva, who went missing in Guarujá, Brazil, may have been murdered due to her connections with the Comando Vermelho gang after being kidnapped at a barbecue.

Feb 20 • 17:15 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Gritzbach Case: SP Court Sets June Jury for 3 PMs Accused of Killing PCC Informant

A São Paulo court has scheduled the trial for three military police officers accused of murdering businessman Vinicius Gritzbach, an informant for the PCC, for June 22 to 26, 2024.

Feb 20 • 17:04 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Operation Hidden Carbon 86: police requests early sale of gas stations, planes, and other assets seized in investigation

The Piauí Civil Police is seeking to sell assets seized during Operation Hidden Carbon 86, which investigates a R$ 5 billion money laundering scheme linked to a criminal faction.

Feb 20 • 15:57 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

'Lord of Arms', who supplied the PCC and was wanted by the Ministry of Justice, is arrested by the police of Paraná

Marcio Borghi Ribeiro, also known as 'Lord of Arms', was arrested in São Paulo while being sought by authorities for supplying weapons to the crime faction PCC.

Feb 20 • 14:56 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Young woman who disappeared after New Year's was linked to CV and may have been killed by PCC, police say

The disappearance and subsequent murder of Maria Eduarda Cordeiro da Silva, a 20-year-old from Guarujá, São Paulo, has been linked to gang conflicts between rival factions in Brazil.

Feb 20 • 08:13 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

New PCC organizational chart has 14 'syntheses' and 35 leaders at large, says São Paulo Civil Police

A recent organizational chart of the PCC criminal faction reveals 87 leaders in 14 sectors, with 35 leaders currently at large, according to the São Paulo Civil Police.

Feb 19 • 20:50 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

CNJ points to evidence of payment in cattle to judge suspected of selling verdict and releasing PCC chief

A Brazilian disciplinary report indicates that a retired court judge may have accepted cattle as payment for a judicial ruling that released a drug trafficking leader.

Feb 19 • 08:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Justice convicts PCC members involved in plan to murder prosecutor and prison director in SP

Two members of the PCC have been convicted for their involvement in a plot to assassinate a prosecutor and a prison director in São Paulo.

Feb 18 • 21:25 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

The prints that reveal a 'hack' by a judge to release the head of the PCC condemned to 126 years

Ex-judge Divoncir Maran faces disciplinary action for granting home confinement to PCC leader Gerson Palermo, who fled shortly after his release.

Feb 17 • 17:48 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Messages exchange exposes maneuver by judge to release PCC chief sentenced to 126 years

Messages and testimonies reveal that Judge Divoncir Schreiner Maran used a legal loophole to justify the release of Gerson Palermo, a convicted leader of the PCC.

Feb 14 • 14:25 UTC
🇨🇳 South China Morning Post
Crime & Justice

Brazil breaks up China-linked US$190m money-laundering ring tied to top crime syndicate

Brazilian authorities have dismantled a US$190 million money-laundering ring connected to a Chinese-run syndicate involved with the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) crime group.

Feb 13 • 18:32 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Woman arrested in Assis suspected of being part of a billion-dollar scheme linked to a Chinese organization and the PCC

A 45-year-old woman was arrested in Assis, São Paulo, as part of Operation Dark Trader, which investigates a billion-dollar money laundering scheme involving a Chinese criminal organization and Brazil's First Command of the Capital (PCC).

Feb 13 • 17:54 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

The connection between the PCC chief sentenced to 126 years and the judge punished by the CNJ

The article discusses the controversial release from prison of Gerson Palermo, a notorious PCC chief, and his connection to a judge who authorized his house arrest.

Feb 13 • 15:33 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

From airplane hijacking to PCC leader: who is Gerson Palermo, sentenced to 126 years and now a fugitive

Gerson Palermo, a significant figure in organized crime in Brazil, has managed to evade law enforcement following his controversial release from prison after being sentenced to 126 years for drug trafficking and an airplane hijacking.

Feb 12 • 19:14 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

PM suspect of links to PCC and Transwolff called Milton Leite 'boss'

An inquiry indicates connections between former councilor Milton Leite and police officers involved with the company Transwolff, accused of money laundering tied to a criminal organization.

Feb 12 • 14:56 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

VIDEOS: BDP of Thursday, February 12, 2026

The article discusses various topics including the unsustainable situation of Toffoli, perceptions of economic decline, a police investigation into a collective rape case, acquittals of police officers, changes in food benefits regulations, and a crackdown on Chinese nationals linked to organized crime in Brazil.

Feb 12 • 12:45 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Operation targets Chinese organization suspected of laundering R$ 1.1 billion using the PCC

São Paulo police are conducting an operation against a Chinese criminal organization suspected of laundering R$ 1.1 billion through connections with the PCC.

Feb 12 • 12:39 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

VIDEOS: Good morning Goiás this Thursday (12)

The news highlights various local issues in Goiás, Brazil, including economic perceptions, a police investigation into a collective rape case, and the acquittal of police officers involved in a teenager's death.

Feb 12 • 12:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Videos from g1 Bahia and TV Bahia – Thursday, February 12, 2026

Experts say interest rates are crucial for perceiving an economic downturn in Brazil, with implications for food assistance regulations and policing outcomes in various incidents.

Feb 12 • 10:46 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Court blocks 48 properties and R$ 500 million from PCC for money laundering scheme linked to Cracolândia

A Brazilian court in São Paulo has blocked 48 properties and R$ 500 million linked to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) due to a money laundering investigation connected to drug trafficking in the Cracolândia area.

Feb 11 • 22:47 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

The PCC chief sentenced to 126 years who left prison through the front door with the approval of a retired judge

Gerson Palermo, a leader of the First Command of the Capital (PCC), was sentenced to 126 years in prison but was released from a maximum-security facility with the approval of a retired judge, raising concerns over judicial processes.

Feb 11 • 20:48 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Gas Station Workers Investigated for Suspected Links to PCC in PI Report Delayed Salaries and Dismissals; Over 70 Laid Off

Gas station workers in Brazil, linked to an investigation uncovering ties with the PCC, are reporting delayed wages and mass layoffs amid the fallout from the closure of their workplaces.

Feb 11 • 18:59 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Naruna Costa stars in a film inspired by PCC attacks: 'Responsibility'

The film 'Salve Geral: Irmandade' features Naruna Costa and explores the wave of violence in São Paulo in 2006 driven by the PCC gang.

Feb 11 • 18:30 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Treasurer of the PCC dies in confrontation with police during operation in MG

A 32-year-old man identified as the treasurer of the First Command of the Capital (PCC) was killed during a police operation in Brazil.

Feb 9 • 23:16 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

PM Investigation Links Milton Leite, Former President of the SP City Council, to Bus Company Suspected of Ties to PCC

Documents from the São Paulo Military Police's Internal Affairs indicate that Milton Leite, a former president of São Paulo's City Council, has possible financial ties to a bus company suspected of being connected to the criminal organization PCC.

Feb 9 • 22:17 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

After being arrested for ties to PCC leader, Gaviões muse says return to Sambódromo is 'rebirth'

Natacha Horana, a Gaviões da Fiel muse, returns to the São Paulo samba parades after serving four months in prison for alleged money laundering but claims innocence.

Feb 9 • 08:02 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
National & Local

2027: Coalition against Tinubu’s re-election "dead on arrival," says PCC commissioner

A Public Complaints Commission official stated that any coalition opposing President Tinubu's re-election campaign is doomed to fail.

Feb 8 • 16:58 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

In São Paulo, PMs are arrested suspected of providing security for the owner of a bus company investigated for links to the PCC

Three police officers in São Paulo were arrested for allegedly providing security to the owner of a bus company connected to the criminal organization PCC, with one officer found to have R$ 1 million in cash at his home.

Feb 4 • 23:08 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Leader of PCC in SP suspected of planning kidnap of Moro arrested in Ceará

Sidney Rodrigo Aparecido Piovesan, known as El Cid, was arrested in Ceará and is suspected of being a key planner in the PCC's 2023 plot to kill authorities and kidnap Senator Sérgio Moro.

Feb 4 • 22:56 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Corregedoria conducts operation to arrest 3 PMs from SP suspected of illegal escort for the owner of Transwolff

The Corregedoria of the Military Police is conducting an operation to arrest three police officers suspected of providing illegal escort to the owner and a director of Transwolff, a company tied to the criminal organization PCC.

Feb 4 • 15:03 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Corregedoria arrests police officers accused of providing security for the owner of Transwolff linked to the PCC

Three police officers were arrested during an operation for allegedly providing security to the owner of Transwolff, identified as a member of the First Capital Command (PCC).

Feb 4 • 12:41 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Government changes the management of the São Paulo Police Academy after case of delegate linked to PCC

The São Paulo government replaced the director of the Civil Police Academy following controversy over a delegate allegedly connected to the PCC criminal faction, a decision made by the Secretary of Public Security, Nico Gonçalves.

Feb 3 • 21:07 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Master made R$ 2.8 billion in currency operations for a company investigated for laundering money for PCC

Banco Master, previously known as Máxima, transferred $531 million to a company under investigation for alleged money laundering linked to the criminal organization PCC and the terrorist group Hezbollah.

Feb 2 • 02:00 UTC
🇵🇱 Rzeczpospolita
Life & Tech

Millions of containers in the account of the intermodal transport leader

PCC Intermodal has transported its 4 millionth container, achieving this milestone in less than two years since reaching 3 million TEU in January 2023, having initially crossed the 1 million mark in 2015 after ten years in the market.

Dec 28 • 22:08 UTC

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