Paulo Sirqueira Korek Farias, president of \u00c1gua Santa, a football club based in Diadema, in Greater S\u00e3o Paulo, surrendered to Civil Police on September 19 and was arrested over alleged ties to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), Brazil’s largest organized crime group. He also owns A2 Transportes, a company that operates bus lines in the South Zone of S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation, dubbed “Opera\u00e7\u00e3o Vectura Corrupta,” is being carried out jointly by Civil Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office. It examines a money-laundering scheme tied to organized crime involving bus companies, business owners and politicians connected to the transportation sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Korek Farias turned himself in at the narcotics investigation unit in Mogi das Cruzes and was placed under a 30-day temporary detention order. During questioning, he denied any involvement with organized crime, saying: “I have no involvement with organized crime.” He acknowledged a 2017 business transaction involving bus company Trans L\u00edder and Jos\u00e9 Daniel Satilite, identified as a PCC member, but described it as routine business unrelated to illicit funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His legal team has filed a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention. In the same case, former S\u00e3o Paulo City Council president Milton Leite also turned himself in to police, and his detention was upheld by the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case remains under investigation by S\u00e3o Paulo’s Civil Police and Public Prosecutor’s Office.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paulo Korek Farias, president of the \u00c1gua Santa football club and owner of a bus company, surrendered to police and was arrested in a crackdown on money laundering tied to organized crime in the transportation sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[740],"tags":[1362,1333,1365],"class_list":["post-984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abcd-en","tag-agua-santa-en","tag-crime-en","tag-pcc-en"],"yoast_head":"\n