Lewandowski defends union with states in combating organized crime

The Minister of Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, defended this Tuesday (26) the union between state and federal government security forces to combat organized crime. The statement came after the minister met with governors from the South and Southeast, in Brasília. the representatives presented four proposals for legislative changes to Public Security discussed by the South and Southeast Integration Consortium (Cosud).

“What is needed is more incisive action by the local police: civil police and military police, together with the federal security forces, especially the Federal Police. That is what is necessary,” said Lewandowski in an interview with National Newspaperfrom the TV Globo. The Minister of Justice pointed out that “intelligence exchange” work between the federal and state spheres is necessary.

“Standardization of information, exchange of intelligence data and joint actions. This is what was agreed [com os governadores] and from now on we would do this to combat crime, especially organized crime”, he highlighted.

Lewandowski stated that it is no longer possible for states to act in isolation in the fight against crime. “What I want to leave as a message is that organized crime, militias and factions will not triumph because the Brazilian state has enough instruments to face this challenge and will use them”, said the minister to JN.

The meeting was attended by the governors of São Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans); from Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL); from Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema (New); from Espírito Santo, Renato Casagrande (PSB); from Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB); from Paraná, Ratinho Júnior (PSD); and the vice-governor of Santa Catarina, Marilisa Boehm (PL).

The governors presented four draft projects to review the granting of provisional release in custody hearings, update legislation on requirements for police approaches, allow police forces access to electronic monitoring information independently of judicial authorization and qualify the crime of homicide when committed by or at the behest of a criminal organization.