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Senate to open inquiry into organized crime after deadly Rio raid
Senator Alessandro Vieira (right) says he hopes for a nonpartisan investigation. Flávio Bolsonaro (left) will make sure that’s not the case. Photo: Andressa Anholete/Senate
The Senate will today launch a hearings committee on the subject of organized crime — with familiar promise and familiar risk. Proposed by Senator Alessandro Vieira of Sergipe, a moderate conservative, the panel will have 120 days to examine the spread of criminal factions and militias around the country, and comes in the aftermath of last week’s police operation in Rio de Janeiro that left at least 121 people dead in the Alemão and Penha favela chains.
The committee will have 11 full members and a modest budget of BRL 30,000 (USD 5,576). Senator Vieira, who has long warned about the deepening influence of militias, described the crisis as…
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