On Tuesday (10/03), the Federal Police launched Operation Anomaly II, which aims to dismantle, according to investigators, a criminal nucleus composed of civil police officers from the State of Rio de Janeiro and financial operators. Agents carried out four preventive arrest warrants against a police delegate, two officers, and the drug trafficker Gabriel Dias de Oliveira, known as “Índio do Lixão,” who was already imprisoned for another crime. Three additional search and seizure warrants were also executed in the capital. All measures were authorized by the Supreme Federal Court (STF).
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Arrested
Those arrested are delegate Marcus Henrique de Oliveira Alves, head of the 44th Police Precinct (Inhaúma), his brother Franklin José de Oliveira Alves, who heads the investigations sector at the same unit, and civil police officer Leandro Moutinho de Deus. On Monday (09/03), during the first stage of Operation Anomaly, three people were arrested, including a Federal Police Chief.
First Phase
The first phase of the operation, carried out on Monday (09/03), resulted in the arrest of Federal Police Chief Fabrizio Romano, who is suspected of involvement in a case connected to former deputy TH Joias, who is linked to the Red Command (CV) criminal faction. Romano’s defense denies that he committed any irregularities. The judicial orders were issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF). According to the Federal Police, the investigation seeks to determine whether state structures were used to extort money from the criminal faction and to facilitate corruption and money laundering.
Delegate Was the Leader
According to the Federal Police, the investigations indicate that the police chief was one of the leaders of the scheme. “The illicit negotiations were conducted through direct demands and the imposition of deadlines. To operationalize the receipt of undue advantages and maintain physical distance from the leaders of the criminal faction, the police officers relied on the direct action of two intermediaries,” the corporation stated. Investigators also say that the officers targeted by the operation concealed the money obtained through the scheme using a network of shell companies.
Analysis:
Operation Anomaly II exposes a critical vulnerability in Brazil’s public security system: the potential infiltration or co-optation of law enforcement institutions by criminal networks. When investigators suspect that police officers themselves are involved in schemes linked to organized crime, the issue transcends individual corruption and raises broader concerns about institutional integrity.
The structure described by investigators indicates a scheme designed to minimize direct exposure while maintaining operational control. The use of intermediaries, combined with financial operators and shell companies, reflects a strategy commonly seen in organized corruption networks. By inserting financial layers between the individuals receiving the payments and the criminal actors providing them, participants attempt to create distance from the underlying illicit activity and complicated financial tracking.
Sources: G1 [1], [2]; Extra; A Folha de SP.
