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.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) enacted the Anti-Faction Bill on the afternoon of March 24, 2026, with two vetoes. The law, named after former Security Minister Raul Jungmann from Michel Temer's government, defines an ultraviolent criminal organization as a group of three or more people using violence or threats for territorial control, intimidation, or attacks on essential infrastructure like hospitals and ports. It creates offenses such as structured social dominance, with 20 to 40 years imprisonment for members imposing territorial control, and facilitation of such dominance, 12 to 20 years for supporters. Both are heinous crimes, ineligible for bail, pardon, or conditional release, with regime progression up to 85% of sentence for repeat offenders in deadly crimes. Leaders serve in federal prisons, with monitored visits and parleys. The law bans reclusion aid for dependents of inmates in closed or semi-open regimes and prohibits voting by provisional prisoners linked to factions. It amends the Penal Code for harsher penalties on homicides (20-40 years), robberies, and extortions by these groups, and establishes a national criminal organizations database. It allows judicial intervention in benefiting companies and precautionary asset forfeiture. One veto struck 12-30 year punishment for independent agents for acts like territorial control or sabotage, to avoid criminalizing social movements, per Secretary Chico Lucas: “The government's idea was to safeguard against any criminalization of social movements”. The other veto kept seized assets for the Union, citing revenue loss and unconstitutionality. At the ceremony with Hugo Motta, Gilmar Mendes, and ministers, Lula stated: “We want to get serious about fighting organized crime [...] we have the chance to catch those responsible, who live in luxury apartments” and offer Brazil's expertise to other countries. The bill faced intense Congressional debates, reported by Guilherme Derrite in the Chamber and Alessandro Vieira in the Senate.
