Every hour and a half, a cargo robbery takes place in the State of São Paulo. There are 17 events per day, 525 per month and from January to September 4725 occurrences have already been registered. The data are from the Tracker-Fecap Bulletin, which has just been released. There was a 2% increase in this type of crime in the first nine months of the year, compared to the same period last year. May and July concentrated the biggest increases (11% and 10%, respectively), compared to the same periods in 2021. The types of cargo most targeted by criminals are food (23.58%), cigarettes (8.79%), electronics (5.20%), beverages (4.70%), medicines and perfumes (4.38%). The capital of São Paulo was the city with the highest number of occurrences, 44.52% of the total.
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10/12/2022 – A man, who witnessed a robbery, shot two criminals on Avenida Cupecê, Jardim Prudência, South Zone. The criminals were trying to steal a motorcycle when this passerby pulled out his gun and started shooting. Still, the robbers managed to escape.
10/12/2022 – A 62-year-old doctor was shot in the head during an attempted robbery on Rua Coronel Octávio Azeredo, in the Tucuruvi neighborhood, North Zone. According to police, the victim was approached by two men who were in a vehicle. One of the criminals got out of the car and shot at her.
11/12/2022 – A man had his luxury motorcycle robbed on Americano Street, in the Analia Franco neighborhood, East Zone. The victim was arriving home when he was surrendered by two armed criminals. In addition to taking the motorcycle, criminals took all the victim’s belongings.
11/12/2022 – A man was shot while fleeing an attempted robbery on Rua Princesa Isabel, in Campo Belo, South Zone. The victim was on a luxury motorcycle when approached. According to the civil police, the motorcyclist was approached by two armed suspects, who announced the robbery. The victim tried to flee, but the suspects shot him.
06/12/2022 – The theft of an app driver’s cell phone turned into a mass robbery on Rua Santa Ifigênia, in downtown São Paulo. The owner of the device ran after the criminal, meanwhile, the criminal’s accomplices attacked the passengers.
12/12/2022 – A man was surrounded and attacked in the middle of the street by drug users who live in Cracolândia. The crime took place on Avenida São João, downtown São Paulo. While the victim was being beaten, some people opened his car to steal. The beating only stopped when two police officers arrived.
13/12/2022 – A woman was dragged during a robbery in the Jardim Tietê neighborhood, East Zone. Security camera footage shows when two criminals get out of a car, one of them points a gun at the victim, tries to pull the woman’s backpack and, as he can’t, ends up dragging the young woman. Three men approach to help the woman, but they are intimidated by one of the thieves. One of the criminals still slaps the victim, who is lying in the middle of the street.
14/11/2022 – A man was arrested by the Civil Police after stealing a backpack from a vehicle parked on Avenida Rio Branco, in downtown São Paulo. A video released by the Civil Police shows the moment when the criminal searches for belongings inside a car that was stopped.
15/12/2022 – Nine people were arrested for participating in the attack on military police officers who were in a vehicle parked on Avenida Rio Branco, downtown São Paulo. According to the delegate, police officers were patrolling to preserve public order in the area, known as Cracolândia, which irritated drug users in the region. They went towards the vehicle in which the officers were and started throwing stones and pieces of wood and rubble at the officers. At that moment, a member of a criminal faction fired a firearm that hit the leg of one of the military police officers.
15/12/2022 – Minors were apprehended after throwing stones in passing cars on Marginal Pinheiros,in the Morumbi neighborhood, West Zone. According to the Military Police, the teenagers threw stones so that drivers would stop and other criminals in the gang could rob them. At least three drivers stopped at the police station to file a police report on the case.
