A Brazilian businessman with hyperlinks to the nation’s strongest legal gangs has been shot useless at Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo.
Antônio Vinicius Gritzbach just lately entered right into a plea settlement with native prosecutors looking for details about Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), the First Capital Command.
He acquired demise threats from the gang consequently, native media reported.
Three different individuals had been injured within the assault, and movies on-line confirmed the aftermath. Police stated officers had been deployed to the airport and surrounding areas.
The second two masked males emerged from a automotive with submachine weapons and commenced capturing exterior the airport terminal was captured on surveillance cameras.
Former PCC member Gritzbach dropped his bag and tried to flee, however was shot a number of instances and died on the spot.
A cryptocurrency skilled, Gritzbach had been telling officers how he helped the group launder tens of millions of {dollars}.
Studies in Brazilian media point out that he was thought of a key determine within the operation of the group.
As a part of his plea settlement, Gritzbach promised to assist investigators discover different members and switch over paperwork.
In change, São Paulo prosecutors are stated to have provided Gritzbach a judicial pardon and a decreased sentence for cash laundering expenses.
Based within the early Nineties, the PCC has turn out to be considered one of Brazil’s most feared drug cartels. Nevertheless, its membership will not be restricted to Latin America.
Final yr, Portuguese safety companies alone reported that the group had 1,000 associates within the European capital Lisbon.
The São Paulo Organized Crime Job Drive estimates that the PCC made almost $1 billion (£773,000) in 2023 from worldwide cocaine trafficking.
