Police officers arrested in Rio in corruption case.

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According to Human Rights Watch report, police in Rio kill one person for every 23 they arrest. Last year an operation known as “Operation Guillotine” carried out by the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro, issued 32 warrants for the arrest of civil and military police officers for their alleged involvement in narcotics and weapons trafficking, illegal gambling operations and neighborhood mafias, criminal groups formed by police officers, firefighters and prison guards that dominate certain favelas(slums) and poor neighborhoods. R7 Notícias O Globo do Rio de Janeiro

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Police officers arrested in Rio in corruption case.

Published on Dec 18, 2012

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In Rio de Janeiro, 63 police officers and 11 drug traffickers were arrested for their involvement in bribery, extortion, torture, and kidnapping. The probe known as “Operation Purification” was headed by Brazil’s Federal Police in cooperation with Rio’s police force and Rio’s Intelligence and Security Secretariat, it was initiated in Sep 2011 and is considered the largest operation done in the state of Rio. The officers involved were caught as they were selling drugs and weapons to drug traffickers. Through wiretapping, federal authorities learned that the officers involved were moving half a ton of marijuana to Rio’s favelas (slums) and taking bribes of US$250,000 from drug traffickers. They were also in the process of selling assault rifles to drug dealers at US$21,000 each. The arrests happened in Duque de Caxias, one of the crime-ridden suburbs of Rio, as a result of the arrests; officials fired the battalion commander in charge of overseeing the officers caught in the scandal.

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