The Secretary of Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro (Sepol) carries out today (4) Operation Big Fishof financial asphyxia, aiming to combat money laundering by the largest drug trafficking faction in the state, which has been operating in Jacarezinho, in the north of the city for years. 
The police are on the streets of the community to fulfill seven search and seizure warrants, judicial blockade of around R$ 40 million and kidnapping of assets of suspects of participating in crimes.
According to the secretariat, the targets of the first phase of the operation are small businessmen, called oranges, and Marcus Vinícius da Silva, known as lambari. According to the Civil Police, he is appointed as the head of drug trafficking in Jacarezinho, having a relevant participation at the top of the criminal organization.
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The secretariat also informed that Marcus Vinícius currently lives and works as a business manager in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, where an action is also carried out to comply with three out of seven search and seizure warrants.
The operation Big Fish it is part of the Integrated City Program and aims at reclaiming territories.
The action is coordinated by the General Department for Combating Corruption, Organized Crime and Money Laundering of the Civil Police/RJ and has the support of the Undersecretary of Intelligence, the General Department of Specialized Police, the Special Resources Coordination (Core ), the National Penitentiary Department (Depen) and the Civil Police of Rio Grande do Norte.
