12/09/2025 – On Friday (12/09), civil police in Santos, São Paulo, arrested two men, aged 20 and 26, for running a nationwide online fraud scheme. One of them, known as “Paim,” was identified as the gang’s leader. The suspects were caught in the act while exchanging messages with a potential victim and were charged with criminal organization and fraud. During the raid in the Embaré neighborhood, officers seized cell phones, a laptop, a card machine, bank cards, and notebooks with records. Investigators are working to track down other members of the group.
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13/09/2025 – On Saturday (13/09), a 46-year-old man was robbed of his wedding ring by two young men on Rua da Liberdade, in the Aparecida neighborhood. Surveillance footage shows the victim throwing his phone into a property before being threatened, insulted, and attacked, with one assailant even trying to bite his finger. The suspects fled, and no arrests have been made.
14/09/2025 – On Sunday (14/09), a 44-year-old motorcyclist died in Santos, São Paulo, after his neck was cut by a kite string while riding on Avenida Nossa Senhora de Fátima. He was rescued and taken to the Central Emergency Care Unit but did not survive. The Military Police registered the case as involuntary manslaughter.
15/09/2025 – On Monday (15/09), former São Paulo police chief Ruy Ferraz Fontes, 68, was executed in Praia Grande while driving. Armed men ambushed and pursued his car for 500 meters before shooting him with rifles after he crashed into a bus. A woman and her nephew were also wounded. Fontes, who served over 40 years in the Civil Police and led investigations against the PCC, including Marcola’s arrest and the 2006 attacks, was known for transferring gang leaders to federal prisons. Police identified suspects through fingerprints on abandoned getaway cars.
15/09/2025 – On Monday (15/09), military police arrested a man for drug trafficking in Morro do Marapé, after he attempted to flee into a wooded area with an accomplice during a patrol on Avenida Doutor Nilo Peçanha. While the second suspect escaped, officers captured the man carrying a backpack loaded with cocaine, marijuana, crack, hashish, skank, dry-ice, cash, and trafficking equipment.
