President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated this Tuesday (4) that the federal government is committed to measures to “break the backbone” of groups involved in drug trafficking and organized crime. He defended the approval of the bill that toughens penalties on members and leaders of factions.
“With more intelligence, integration between security forces and focus on the criminal leaders – those who finance and command the factions”, wrote the president in a post on the X platform.
Since 2023, according to Lula, actions led by the federal government have removed R$19.8 billion from the hands of criminals, in what he called the “greatest damage ever imposed on crime, weakening leadership and financial networks.” The number of Federal Police operations jumped, according to the president, from 1,875, in 2022, to 3,393 in 2024. In 2025, there are already 2,922 by October.
On the highways, the Federal Highway Police (PRF) seized 850 tons of drugs in 2024.
“To sustain these advances, the government sent the PL [projeto de lei] Antifaction, which toughens penalties and financially stifles factions; and the Public Security PEC, which modernizes and integrates police forces, incorporates Municipal Guards and guarantees permanent resources for states and municipalities”, added the president.
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Earlier, Lula, who is in Belém for the Climate Summit at COP30, spoke with journalists from international news agencies and stated that the police forces’ mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro last week was “disastrous”. The raid on the Maré and Penha favela complexes resulted in the deaths of 121 people, including four police officers.
