In a phone call.. Lula and Trump agree to cooperate against organized crime
The presidency announced Brazilian that President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and his American counterpart Donald Trump They agreed during a phone call on Tuesday to strengthen cooperation in combating organized crime.
Brasilia reported in a statement that Lula "He stressed the urgent need to strengthen cooperation with the United States to combat international organized crime"While Trump expressed "Full readiness to work with Brazil in confronting these organizations"
Lula began this 40-minute conversation between the heads of the two largest economies in the Americas, amid regional tensions due to US air strikes against parties Washington suspects of involvement in the drug trade near the Venezuelan coast.
The United States has launched air strikes on more than 20 boats in the Caribbean and Pacific oceans since early September, killing at least 83 people, without Washington providing any evidence for its claims that these ships are being used for smuggling. Drugs.
Financially paralyzing organized crime
The Brazilian presidency announced that Lula had discussed with Donald Trump on Tuesday "Operations carried out in Brazil with the aim of financially crippling organized crime and identifying networks operating from abroad"
Brazilian authorities recently carried out several operations against a gang "The first drive to the capital"One of the main factions in the country, most notably the dismantling of a money laundering network in the fuel sector.
This gang was established in the prisons of the economic capital, São Paulo, and is linked to the mafia. "’Ndrangheta" In Calabria, Italy is involved in the smuggling of cocaine produced in South America to Europe from Brazilian ports.
The Comando vermelho (Red Command), another powerful criminal faction, was targeted in security operations in densely populated slums in Rio de Janeiro.
One such operation, carried out at the end of October, resulted in the deaths of more than 120 people, in the deadliest police operation in the history of Brazil.
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