Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula da Silva’s main rival, has been under investigation since July for alleged corruption, money laundering and foreign exchange evasion in the Banco Master scandal. “Dark Horse,” financed largely by the fraudulent Daniel Vorcaro, head of Master, was planned as a propaganda tool for the October election. Photo: EFE.

Brazil’s Finance Minister Dario Durigan said the company that transferred funds to a film about former President Jair Bolsonaro received money from organized crime, amid the third phase of Operation Carbono Oculto aimed at dismantling money laundering networks.

The company, Entre Investimentos e Participações, was used to transfer money between banker Daniel Vorcaro and the production of Dark Horse, the film about the political trajectory of former coup-plotting president Jair Bolsonaro, according to Durigan. He said it was used for money laundering and concealing assets.

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“We are talking about an administrator, a business group, which is Grupo Entre, that received money from both Master and organized crime, and into the same pocket. And these resources were used to hide assets,” said the minister. He added: “We are talking about the same fund, the same pocket where money from different places ended up: whether from Master or from organized crime, or from figures who already have plea agreements with the São Paulo Prosecutor’s Office or the Federal Prosecutor’s Office.”

Durigan described the group as a kind of “laundry” for organized crime within the financial system. He said the investigation shows an environment with multiple layers that hinder tracking and seek to hide the origin and destination of the amounts. He specified that the movement identified in the third phase is 11 billion reais.

El ministro de Hacienda de Brasil, Dario Durigan, afirmó que la empresa que transfirió recursos a una película sobre el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro recibió dinero del crimen organizado.

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Operation Carbono Oculto was launched Thursday by Gaeco (Special Action Group to Fight Organized Crime) of the São Paulo State Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Revenue Service. Search and seizure warrants were executed in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Santa Catarina and Espírito Santo. Among the targets are Humberto Arthur Tupinambá Neto, former director of Banco Genial, and businessman Antônio Carlos Freixo Junior, known as Mineiro, owner of Entre Investimentos.

Durigan warned about growing links between crime and the financial system. “We are seeing that many fintechs, many banks, many administrators not only fail to communicate with other authorities, but have been captured, are at the service of organized crime,” he stated.

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