RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Police (PF), on May 26, launched Operation Catraia, in the municipality of Oiapoque, state of Amapá, on the French Guiana border, to fight the crime of illegal migration.
Approximately 10 federal police officers are conducting 2 search and seizure warrants at the residences of suspects under investigation for sending and smuggling people into Brazil by river to work in clandestine mining operations, mainly in French Guiana.
The investigation began on May 12 this year, after the Brazilian Army, while patrolling along the Oiapoque River, approached a suspicious vessel. However, the boat's pilot fled . . .
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