Friday, April 12, 2024
Volume:
40
Issue:
4
Abstract:
On April 4, 2024, the Brazilian Federal Police uncovered, under “Operation Fiction or Reality,” a sophisticated international arms trafficking network between the United States and Brazil. The traffickers used a company that purportedly imported cinematographic paraphernalia to conceal their activities, which included supplying firearms and accessories to criminal factions and militias in Rio de Janeiro.