組織犯罪

Brazil's Federal Police launched an operation on Wednesday (25) to dismantle credit frauds against banks including Caixa, Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, Santander, and Safra. Main suspect Thiago Branco de Azevedo, known as Ralado, remains at large after 21 arrest warrants were issued. Fictor Group executives were also targeted in searches.

2026年03月24日(火) AIによるレポート

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva enacted the Anti-Faction Bill, now the Raul Jungmann Law, on Tuesday (24) with vetoes to provisions punishing independent agents for grave faction-like acts and allocating seized assets to states. The law introduces new offenses against ultraviolent criminal organizations, featuring harsh penalties and restrictions on prison benefits.

Federal authorities detained Tequila's mayor, Diego Rivera Navarro, along with three municipal officials on February 5, 2026, for alleged extortion and ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The operation, part of Operation Enjambre, stems from citizen complaints about corruption in the town hall. Political figures, including Morena's leadership and Jalisco's governor, hailed the action and foreshadowed further probes.

2026年02月01日(日) AIによるレポート

Jesús Gutiérrez Guzmán, cousin of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, was arrested in Madrid in 2012 following an elaborate FBI operation posing as Italian mafiosi. The mission, called Dark Waters, spanned three years and involved negotiations to expand the Sinaloa Cartel's cocaine trafficking to Europe. Gutiérrez, acting as the cartel's representative, fell into the trap that ended with the seizure of 346 kilos of drugs.

One week after the US capture of Nicolás Maduro, Brazil's PT has intensified attacks on the right-wing opposition, accusing them of supporting foreign interventions, while exposing internal party rifts over the chavista regime. Experts see minimal disruption to regional drug trafficking from the event.

2026年01月10日(土) AIによるレポート

米当局は、元カナダ人オリンピック選手で麻薬王とされるライアン・ウェディングに対し、殺人や証人買収容疑を含む新たな罪状を提起した。2025年11月19日に発表された起訴状は、協力証人を殺害する陰謀を明らかにし、ウェディングの広大なコカイン密輸ネットワークの詳細を記している。家宅捜索や逮捕にもかかわらず、ウェディングは逃亡中で、法執行機関は彼がメキシコ中部にいるとみている。