Brazil’s Federal Police have arrested six people and searched 26 locations in an investigation into suspected irregularities involving contracts and payments at Mato Grosso’s state audit court. The inquiry is at a preliminary stage and no charges or findings of guilt have been identified.
Brazilian labor prosecutors have sued Meta’s local representative over posts they say encouraged employers to monitor, expose, reject or dismiss workers for their political views or votes. A preliminary order requires the removal of 14 specified posts, but the R$50 million damages claim has not been decided.
Brazil’s Federal Police executed four Supreme Federal Court-authorized search warrants in Rio de Janeiro in the ninth phase of Operation Unha e Carne. The inquiry is examining suspected laundering and asset-concealment structures; no guilt has been established.
Brazilian federal police and the federal comptroller have opened an investigation into suspected fraudulent access to fishing-benefit payments in Maranhão. Authorities executed 35 warrants, obtained asset-blocking orders of about R$400 million and estimate the alleged scheme could have caused R$10 billion in losses over five years if it had continued.
Brazil’s Federal Police will open a Supreme Court-supervised inquiry into allegations of foreign interference involving Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign. The order does not establish that foreign support reached the campaign or that any crime occurred.
Brazil’s Federal Police said it had opened 1,538 electoral-crime inquiries in 2026 as of October 21, alongside 89 operations and R$51.6 million in reported seizures, before the October 25 runoff.
Brazil’s Federal Police arrested Rio de Janeiro state deputy Márcio Canella and former Civil Police chief Marcus Vinicius Amim Fernandes as part of an investigation into a suspected criminal organization. The case remains at the investigative stage, with no charges, trial or convictions identified.
Brazil’s Federal Police executed 13 search-and-seizure warrants in Rio de Janeiro as part of an investigation into possible fraud in a March 2026 public examination held by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian Federal Police and the Federal Revenue Service carried out searches in two cities in Ceará state as part of an investigation into suspected unauthorized sales of weight-loss medicines and possible customs offenses.
Brazil’s Federal Police arrested six people in the latest phase of an investigation into suspected protection for an alleged money-laundering network operating through fuel stations in metropolitan Rio de Janeiro. Investigators said a financial-intelligence report identified more than R$7.6 billion in movements over six years, a figure that does not establish criminal proceeds or losses.
A Supreme Federal Court justice ordered the preventive detention of six people in a Rio de Janeiro investigation into alleged organized crime, money laundering and links to a fuel-station network. The detentions were maintained after custody hearings; the case remains under investigation.
Mato Grosso Civil Police have launched Operation Legado, an investigation into suspected money laundering connected to possible wrongdoing in contracts from the previous administration of Nossa Senhora do Livramento. A court ordered asset freezes and other measures, while the allegations remain unproven.
Brazil’s Federal Police and federal comptroller launched an investigation into the alleged diversion and sale of 122 vehicles transferred from public agencies to a civil-society organization. Authorities estimate a potential R$4.4 million loss, while stressing the case remains at the investigative stage.
Brazil’s Federal Police, federal auditors and prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspected irregularities in health-unit management contracts in the northeastern municipality of Nossa Senhora do Socorro. Authorities estimate potential public losses at R$15.6 million, an amount that has not been established by a final court ruling.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court and Federal Police discussed how material related to the Banco Master investigations should be handled if it contains references to Supreme Court justices. The meeting established a procedural route, not evidence of wrongdoing by any justice or other person.
Brazil’s Federal Police have opened an investigation into whether judicial decisions may have favored real-estate and construction companies, with alleged benefits reaching a magistrate’s family. The case remains at the investigative stage, with no finding of wrongdoing.
Brazil’s Labor Ministry says a nationwide August 2026 inspection operation administratively rescued 479 people from conditions classified as analogous to slavery. The findings trigger administrative and civil procedures and do not amount to criminal convictions for inspected employers.
Brazil’s antitrust tribunal has upheld the closure of an administrative investigation linked to the Soy Moratorium after a binding Supreme Court ruling required related proceedings to end. The decision did not determine whether the companies investigated engaged in anticompetitive conduct.
São Paulo’s comptroller-general and Civil Police are investigating suspected irregular withdrawals of somatropin from a public specialized pharmacy in Santo André. The inquiry remains at an investigative stage, and the Health Secretariat says patient treatment was not interrupted.
Brazilian federal police and Rio de Janeiro prosecutors launched Operation Magen on October 7, seeking arrests and searches in a case that has led to charges against 10 people. Authorities allege a network involving serving and former security officers sold weapons, disclosed restricted information and laundered money. No convictions have been reported.
Brazil’s Ministry of Labour and Employment added 82 employers to its public registry of cases involving conditions analogous to slavery. The ministry says inclusion follows a final administrative ruling after two levels of due process.
Brazil’s Federal Police executed two warrants in a confidential investigation into alleged risks to U.S. diplomatic facilities. The force says evidence collected so far shows no concrete plan or effective risk, while seized devices remain under analysis.
Brazil’s Federal Police said that, by 11:30 a.m. on October 4, 2026, it had opened five inquiries into suspected electoral crimes and recorded R$769,278.50 in preliminary seizures. The figures were later superseded by higher totals and do not establish guilt.
Brazil’s Federal Police carried out two searches in a confidential, preventive inquiry into alleged plans that could endanger U.S. diplomatic facilities. The force said it had not corroborated the reported risks or identified suspects linked to criminal organizations.
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice has reinstated former Vale CEO Fábio Schvartsman as a defendant and rejected requests to halt cases against four engineers. The rulings concern procedure in ongoing criminal trials, not findings of guilt. Separately, Vale says it had disbursed R$34.8 billion under the Brumadinho reparation agreement by the end of 2025.
Brazil’s Federal Police executed 19 Electoral Justice-authorized search warrants in Ceará during an investigation into suspected payments for political and electoral support. Authorities are examining financial flows exceeding R$9.8 million, while stressing that the inquiry has not established criminal liability.
Brazil’s Federal Police have launched Operation Lastro in Paraíba state to investigate suspected irregular campaign financing. The inquiry remains confidential, and no charges, trial or conviction have been documented.
Brazil’s Federal Police carried out a search in metropolitan Goiânia on October 2 as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected electoral corruption and possible vote-buying. No arrests, charges or findings of guilt were announced.
Federal Police seized about R$1.85 million in Amapá while investigating allegations that welfare benefits and food baskets were tied to political support. Seven people are under investigation; no arrests were reported.
Brazil’s Federal Police say they seized 44 firearms, cash and checks while investigating alleged false information used to obtain or retain civilian firearms registrations in Bahia. The case remains at the investigation stage.
Brazilian authorities have carried out searches in a new phase of an investigation into alleged financial structures used to conceal control and funding connected to a fuel distributor and a sugar-and-ethanol producer.
England’s Court of Appeal refused BHP permission to challenge a High Court finding of liability over the 2015 Fundão dam collapse. The proceedings now move toward a phase on loss categories and evidence, with no individual compensation amounts yet determined.
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino has ordered the Federal Police to investigate possible crimes and improper interference connected to the securities regulator’s handling of matters involving Banco Master and Master-linked funds.
Brazilian tax and prosecutors’ authorities launched Operation Perfume de Mulher on September 22, 2026, investigating suspected illegal importation of foreign perfumes, foreign-exchange evasion and money laundering.
Brazilian tax and state prosecutors have launched Operation Crédito Oculto, alleging that layered financial structures helped conceal corporate control and support a fuel-distributor acquisition. The case remains under investigation.
Brazilian authorities executed 39 search-and-seizure warrants across six states in an investigation into 172 temporary-disability benefits suspected of causing about R$6.5 million in public losses.
Brazil’s Federal Police and Comptroller-General have launched Operation Legado, an investigation into suspected fraud in municipal procurement, particularly health-related contracts. Court-approved searches were carried out across five states and the Federal District.