The numbers of homicides, thefts and robberies increased in March in the state of São Paulo compared to the same month of 2022, according to crime statistics released by the Public Security Secretariat (SSP). The highlight goes to vehicle theft, which grew 6.65%, from 8,296 to 8,848 cases. Vehicle robberies also increased, by approximately 3%. There were 3,482 vehicle robberies in March of last year and 3,592 in March of this year. Thefts in general increased by 2.2% and robberies by 1.5%. Not only crimes against property have risen in the state. There was also anincrease in intentional homicides. In March this year, 246 people were murdered, while in the same month last year, 241 were murdered.
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21/04/2023 – A 24-year-old call girl disappeared after a funk concert in the Capão Redondo neighborhood, South Zone. The victim and a friend went to a funk concert at a nightclub, on the way out the young woman found a friend and left with him. After that, she disappeared. Three days later, her body was found, with several signs of violence, on a dirt road in the city of Embu das Artes.
22/04/2023 – A 46-year-old private security agent was shot during an attempted robbery on Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, in the Itaim Bibi neighborhood, West Zone. According to the Secretariat of Public Security, the victim was escorting a vehicle, when a car stopped at a traffic light and the criminals disembarked. The criminal announced the robbery and tried to take the security agent’s motorcycle, who reacted. The bandit then fired several shots at the victim, who was hit in the head.
23/04/2023 – A couple was robbed at the door of a club in the Cidade Dutra neighborhood, South Zone. They were waiting for a friend inside the car when four bandits on two motorcycles arrived with a gun pointed at them. Security cameras recorded the crime, in less than a minute the criminals searched the victims and fled taking their car and their belongings.
23/04/2023 – A night guard was murdered on Avenida Professor Fonseca Rodrigues in Alto de Pinheiros, West Zone. According to police, criminals knocked on the gate of the construction site where the victim worked, he opened it and was surrendered and beaten to death. Afterwards, they stole a wheelbarrow with tools, which was abandoned on the other side of the street because it was too heavy and made it difficult to escape. The victim’s cell phone was also taken by the criminals.
23/04/2023 – An electronics store was invaded and robbed in the Santa Ifigênia neighborhood, in downtown São Paulo, near Cracolândia. The shopkeeper said that the store iron door was broken into and that between seven and ten people entered the store and stole everything they found. Videos recorded by the establishment owner show the moment when Metropolitan Civil Guard (GCM) officers found part of the stolen electronics inside a manhole under blankets that belong to drug addicts.
25/04/2023 – A man was kidnapped by at least four criminals in the Anhanguera neighborhood, North Zone, after falling for the Tinder scam. He lost R$ 80,000. Two men were arrested, and a teenager was apprehended. According to the Military Police, the gang arranged a meeting through a relationship app. When he arrived at the agreed address, the victim was surrendered and kidnapped in his own car. During the journey to captivity, he was forced to remain lying down, while the gang demanded money through transfers via PIX. The kidnapping lasted about two days.
25/04/2023 – Criminals invaded and robbed the apartment of Doctor Jorge Kalil, former manager of the Corinthians football team, in the Moema neighborhood, South Zone. The damage was R$ 500,000 in money, jewelry, and watches. According to the police, the gang rented an apartment in the same luxury building and waited for the victim to leave before breaking into and robbing the apartment.
26/04/2023 – An app driver was killed after reacting to a robbery on Rua Alberto Leal, in Jabaquara, South Zone. The victim was in his vehicle when he was approached by two criminals. Footage from security cameras in the region recorded the moment the pair of robbers approached the driver. A few seconds later, the duo’s partner approaches to help. At one point, the victim is pulled out of his car and fights with the criminals. Trying to stop the robbery, the victim shouts for someone to “call the police” and runs back to the car. One of the criminals, who was armed, returns to the driver’s window and fires about four shots in the direction of the app driver. The pair then flee.
26/04/2023 – Federal Police launched Operation Itamarã, with the objective of dismantling an international criminal organization, specialized in the exploitation, intermediation, trade and illegal export of precious stones, especially rough diamonds, and gold. They operated in several countries, transferring millionaire resources. The investigation began when the police arrested a man who was trying to board at Guarulhos airport, in São Paulo, bound for Dubai with diamonds valued at more than R$350,000.
27/04/2023 – Police officers from the State Department of Criminal Investigations (Deic) arrested three men in the North Zone, specialized in the “birthday bouquet” scam. The criminals delivered flowers to the victims, who were induced to pay a shipping fee with a bank card. At the time of payment, they put other amounts in the card machine. One of the victims lost more than R$ 10,000. Two machines, six cell phones and three motorcycles were seized from them.
27/04/2023 – A psychologist was shot dead during an attempted robbery on Rua Anjo Custódio, in Vila Formosa, East Zone. The 52-year-old victim was in a luxury car. Security camera footage shows that she entered a street and stopped to answer her cell phone. That’s when two criminals arrived and tried to get her out of the driver’s seat. The second criminal, who approached through the passenger door, fired, and hit the psychologist. The pair fled without taking anything.