Brazil closes partnership with Interpol and will have police stations against piracy
Source: O Globo, 14/06/2005
Brazil sharpens its weapons against piracy and organized crime. On the external front, the country is starting to get closer to the international police organization Interpol. At the domestic level, the National Public Security Secretary, Luiz Fernando Corrêa, is working on a partnership with states to create, from this year, police stations specialized in combating this type of crime.
- We want men to be prepared to fight piracy in states and municipalities. The states will decide whether to set up a police station, specialized units and the number of men employed in this action. The federal government will be responsible for training and supporting the installation of the unit.
According to the secretary, a working group discusses the basic text of reorganization of the civil police. In this project, in addition to changes in public service, the creation of police stations or units specialized in combating piracy and organized crime will be included.
Brazil hosts Interpol's International Congress to Combat Piracy, which ends today in Rio, and, for the first time, a Brazilian will be part of the commission of the international institution to combat piracy and smuggling in France.
Federal Police Chief Augusto Pinto has already been assigned to the role and expects only the ratification of his name by the Foreign Ministry to command Interpol operations for Africa and the Southern Cone. With almost 30 years of career in the Federal Police, he believes his work it will be political.
- In Africa, where there are regions with 80% of the population affected by malaria, pirates sell drugs without the active principle that fights the disease - said the delegate, in an interview with GLOBO.
In France, Augusto Pinto will be able to help Brazil make better use of Interpol's database, the I-24/7, which crosses information about international crime 24 hours a day.
Brazil's double with Interpol, however, does not end there. The international organization is also participating in a course given to Brazilian police and Federal Revenue technicians, this week, to teach techniques to combat piracy and smuggling. According to the prosecutor of the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro Lílian Pinho, the course is essential to improve the quality of inspection.
They are taught how to distinguish fake products from real ones, and students have procedural and penal legal training to know the limits of their performance.
- We concluded with an Interpol module, with investigation and intelligence techniques - affirmed Lílian.
The prosecutor hopes to be able to take the course to other regions of the country and points out that there is a panel on biopiracy, so that the inspector knows how to deal with what she calls “pirates dressed as missionaries and backpackers”.
According to the director general of Interpol, Ronald Noble, one of the organization's strategies is to support international operations such as the recent Operation Jupiter, which brought together Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. For Noble, the problem of piracy is global, and not just in Latin America:
- Piracy is support for organized crime. It is not a crime without a victim.
And it costs everyone dearly. The president of the Brazilian Institute of Ethics in Competition (Etco), Emerson Kapaz, says that piracy causes the Union and states to stop collecting about R $ 160 billion in taxes per year. According to federal deputy Júlio Lopes, of the Parliamentary Front to Combat Piracy, 60% of the workforce is informal, which facilitates the role of pirates.
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Brazil closes partnership with Interpol and will have police stations against piracy
Source: O Globo, 14/06/2005
By Carlos Vasconcellos and Vagner Ricardo
Brazil sharpens its weapons against piracy and organized crime. On the external front, the country is starting to get closer to the international police organization Interpol. At the domestic level, the National Public Security Secretary, Luiz Fernando Corrêa, is working on a partnership with states to create, from this year, police stations specialized in combating this type of crime.
? We want men to be prepared to fight piracy in states and municipalities. The states will decide whether to set up a police station, specialized units and the number of men employed in this action. The federal government will be responsible for training and supporting the installation of the unit.
According to the secretary, a working group discusses the basic text of reorganization of the civil police. In this project, in addition to changes in public service, the creation of police stations or units specialized in combating piracy and organized crime will be included.
Brazil hosts Interpol's International Congress to Combat Piracy, which ends today in Rio, and, for the first time, a Brazilian will be part of the commission of the international institution to combat piracy and smuggling in France.
Federal Police Chief Augusto Pinto has already been assigned to the role and expects only the ratification of his name by the Foreign Ministry to command Interpol operations for Africa and the Southern Cone. With almost 30 years of career in the Federal Police, he believes his work it will be political.
? In Africa, where there are regions with 80% of the population affected by malaria, do pirates sell drugs without the active ingredient that fights the disease? said the delegate, in an interview with GLOBO.
In France, Augusto Pinto will be able to help Brazil make better use of Interpol's database, the I-24/7, which crosses information about international crime 24 hours a day.
Brazil's double with Interpol, however, does not end there. The international organization is also participating in a course given to Brazilian police and Federal Revenue technicians, this week, to teach techniques to combat piracy and smuggling. According to the prosecutor of the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro Lílian Pinho, the course is essential to improve the quality of inspection.
They are taught how to distinguish fake products from real ones, and students have procedural and penal legal training to know the limits of their performance.
? Do we conclude with an Interpol module, with investigation and intelligence techniques? said Lily.
The prosecutor hopes to be able to take the course to other regions of the country and points out that there is a panel on biopiracy, so that the inspector can deal with what she calls "pirates dressed as missionaries and backpackers".
According to the director general of Interpol, Ronald Noble, one of the organization's strategies is to support international operations such as the recent Operation Jupiter, which brought together Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. For Noble, the problem of piracy is global, and not just in Latin America:
? Piracy is support for organized crime. It is not a crime without a victim.
And it costs everyone dearly. The president of the Brazilian Institute of Ethics in Competition (Etco), Emerson Kapaz, says that piracy causes the Union and states to stop collecting about R $ 160 billion in taxes per year. According to federal deputy Júlio Lopes, of the Parliamentary Front to Combat Piracy, 60% of the workforce is informal, which facilitates the role of pirates.
