Federal Police

Brazil's Federal Police has opened an inquiry into suspected smuggling on a private flight carrying Chamber President Hugo Motta, Senator Ciro Nogueira, and other lawmakers from the Caribbean to São Paulo in April 2025. The PF report notes luggage bypassed x-ray screening, and the case was sent to the Supreme Federal Court and the Attorney General's Office. Motta and the plane's owner deny any wrongdoing.

April 23, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

SBT reporter Lisa Gomes reported being pushed and verbally harassed by MC Ryan SP's security team while trying to interview the singer's wife outside the prison on Thursday (April 23). The incident followed a prayer circle, shortly after the Federal Court ordered preventive detention for the funk artist on money laundering suspicions. Gomes stated she will not back down and demands respect for journalists.

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.

March 25, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Argentine researcher Soledad Palameta Miller, a University of Campinas (Unicamp) professor, was arrested in flagrante on March 23, 2026, for allegedly stealing and irregularly discarding viral samples from a level 3 biosafety (NB3) lab. She faces charges of endangering lives and procedural fraud but was granted provisional release the next day.

Kleber Cabral, president of the National Association of Federal Revenue Auditors (Unafisco), testified to the Federal Police on Friday, February 20, as an investigated party in the Supreme Court’s Fake News Inquiry. The hearing, ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, took place via videoconference and lasted about one hour, under seal of justice. Cabral was summoned after publicly criticizing a PF operation against Revenue Service employees accused of accessing data of STF justices and their relatives.

February 13, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Minister Dias Toffoli stepped down from the Master case relatoria at the STF after a closed meeting with other ministers, convened by President Edson Fachin due to a Police Federal report arguing his suspicion. The Court issued a joint note stating no impediment exists, and the relatoria was reassigned to André Mendonça. Parties and police delegates' associations reacted in defense of judicial institutionalism.