BRUNA FANTTIRIO DE JANEIRO, RJ (FOLHAPRESS) - The PF (Federal Police) launched Operation Commodity this Thursday (23) against a scheme that sent 6.5 tons of cocaine to European countries since 2021, using Brazilian ports and disguising the drug in bags of coffee, cement and mortar. One of the targets was killed in a confrontation with agents in Igaratá (SP), and nine other people were arrested.
PF dismantles network that exported cocaine in bags of coffee and cement
BRUNA FANTTIRIO DE JANEIRO, RJ (FOLHAPRESS) - The PF (Federal Police) launched Operation Commodity this Thursday (23) against a scheme that sent 6.5 tons of cocaine to European countries since 2021, using Brazilian...
According to the corporation, the group maintained operational links with the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) and the CV (Comando Vermelho), the two largest criminal factions operating in the country. The branch of the network reached Bolivia and Paraguay, in South America; Germany, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia and France, in Europe; and Thailand, in Asia - always from the maritime export of drugs in cargo vessel containers.
In total, the PF carried out 13 arrest warrants and 44 search and seizure warrants in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and Santa Catarina. The court also ordered the seizure of assets and the freezing of assets that could reach R$1 billion.
A seizure in September 2025 helped support the investigations: around half a ton of cocaine was found hidden in coffee bags at the Port of Rio de Janeiro, destined for Slovenia.
To adulterate the drug and circumvent supervision, the scheme also used chemical methods. "An example would be cocaine diluted in soda bottles," stated the PF.
The corporation also described a parallel financial structure to launder the amounts transferred by the group. "The scheme operated under different types of money laundering, which included 'notary' and shell companies; 'crypto dealers'; luxury goods and high-end real estate", reported the PF, which classified the mechanism as a "financial macrostructure of asset concealment".
Those investigated will be charged with transnational criminal organization, international drug trafficking and money laundering.
The operation was carried out with the support of Ficco (Integrated Force to Combat Organized Crime) from São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
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Source: Noticias ao Minuto - Brasil
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