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Brazil governor target of pandemic corruption probe
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jun 2, 2021 at 11:28 am EDT
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil’s Federal Police searched the house and offices of Amazonas Gov. Wilson Lima on Wednesday, part of an operation into possible irregularities in the installation of a COVID-19 field hospital during the pandemic, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
The state’s health secretary and five other people were also targeted by temporary arrest warrants, the federal police said. All are suspected of profiteering from the health crisis at a time when Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon rainforest, was the epicenter of the country’s pandemic.
Feds put plug in pipeline of weapons smuggling between Florida and Brazil Jay Weaver, The Miami Herald
Jun. 2 Federal authorities said Wednesday they have put a plug in a pipeline of weapons smuggling between Florida and Brazil, cutting off an unprecedented supply of hundreds of firearm accessories to a notorious criminal organization.
The international investigation, which started in 2019 with Brazil s seizure of five packages containing 55 high-capacity magazines for 9 mm pistols, led to a dozen arrests and searches Tuesday that were carried out in San Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and the Orlando area of Florida, authorities said.
Most of the warrants were executed in Brazil, though one man was arrested on weapons smuggling charges in Orlando.
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Brazil environment minister probed over alleged illegal timber exports
Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles talks to reporters on 19 May 2021 after leaving the event Road to the Sustainable Development of Brazil s Solid Waste Industry in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil s Federal Police launched an operation on 19 May 2021 to determine whether Salles and other authorities facilitated illegal timber exports to Europe and the United States. EFE/Joedson Alves
Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles spoke to reporters on 19 May 2021 after participating in the event Road to the Sustainable Development of Brazil s Solid Waste Industry in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil s Federal Police launched an operation on 19 May 2021 to determine whether Environment Minister Ricardo Salles and other authorities facilitated illegal timber exports to Europe and the United States.
Published: Thursday, May 20, 2021
Brazil s Federal Police yesterday carried out searches to investigate whether Environment Minister Ricardo Salles and other key figures within the ministry facilitated illegal timber exports to the U.S. and Europe.
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