The Federal Police (PF) launched Operation Vectris this Wednesday (10/12), to dismantle a criminal organization responsible for setting up a real “logistics center” for smuggling and embezzlement, based in Curitiba (PR) and branches on the border and in the southeast of the country. 11 search and seizure warrants, two preventive arrests and orders for the seizure of assets, including property and vehicles, used to launder money from the scheme, were executed.
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According to investigations, the group operated as a business, receiving illicit goods from the border region, removing the packages from carriers using simulated recipients and then redistributing the products to clandestine centers in São Paulo and Santa Catarina.
Mobile phones, foreign cigarettes and electronic smoking devices were among the main contraband items.
Investigators identified that the Paraná core managed the complete management of goods: cataloging loads, controlling the flow of stocks and coordinating shipments to other states.
Tax fraud and millionaire movements
The goods arrived in the country covered with invoices with false or ideologically false content, fabricated to hide the true nature of the products.
The PF estimates that the group moved more than 10 million reais per year, taking into account the volume and frequency of remittances detected during investigations.
According to PF investigations, the smuggling route worked as follows:
• Border: Members sent contraband via shipping companies. • Curitiba: the operational center received goods with fraudulent documents. • Southeast and South: Vans transported goods to clandestine sales centers in SP and SC.
The operation had the support of the Federal Revenue Service and the Municipal Guard of São José dos Pinhais, who helped track shipments and identify businesses used as fronts.
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