Law enforcement furthers investigation into PCC money laundering

In August 2025, investigators pried open one of the most ambitious money-laundering operations ever built around Brazil's fuel pumps, tracing billions from roadside gas stations to the glass towers of São Paulo's Faria Lima Avenue (Brazil’s answer to Wall Street) — and ultimately to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (First Command of the Capital, or PCC), which the US government calls “the most powerful organized crime group in Brazil and among the most powerful in the world.”

That operation was given a sequel this morning, which showed that the money-laundering machine never switched off.