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Operation Weak Meat
The Operation Carne Fraca (Operation Weak Meat in Brazilian media in English language, English) is an operation started on March 17, 2017, and enforced by the Federal Police of Brazil, that country's Law enforcement in Brazil, federal police force, which investigated some of the country's largest meat processing companies. The name is a pun between the operation's concern with meat and the Bible verse about "weak flesh" (Matthew 26:41) – as a result, it is sometimes translated "Operation Weak Flesh". It is an operation launched by the Federal Police of Brazil, which began on March 17, 2017. It investigates the largest companies in the industry — JBS S.A., JBS, owner of the brands Seara Alimentos, Seara, Swift Armour, Swift, Friboi and Vigor S.A., Vigor, and BRF S.A., BRF, owner of Sadia S.A., Sadia and Perdigão (company), Perdigão — accused of adulterating the meat they sold in domestic and international markets. The scandal of adulterated meat in Brazil involves more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Police Department
The Federal Police of Brazil (Portuguese: ''Polícia Federal'') is a federal law enforcement agency of Brazil and one of the three national police forces. The other two are the Federal Highway Police, and the National Force. From 1944 to 1967 it was called the Federal Public Safety Department (Portuguese: ''Departamento Federal de Segurança Pública''). The Federal Police Department is responsible for combating crimes against federal institutions, international drug trafficking, terrorism, cyber-crime, organized crime, public corruption, white-collar crime, money laundering, immigration, border control, airport security and maritime policing. It is subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. Legal authority The Federal Police's mandate was established in the first paragraph of Article 144 of the Brazilian Constitution, which assigns it the following roles: #To investigate criminal offenses against political and social order, or against goods, services and inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
