Supreme Court demands answers from Attorney General about crime notification against Salles

Justice Cármen Lúcia, of the Supreme Court, sent an order to the Attorney General’s Office asking it to comment on the crime notification against Ricardo Salles filed by the former head of the Amazonas Federal Police, Alexandre Saraiva, regarding the Operation Handroanthus, which investigates the largest seizure of illegal timber made in Brazil.

Saraiva accuses Salles of hindering the conduct of the investigation. The justice’s decision calls the acts described in the accusation are of “incontestable gravity”.

In the same week, an article by ISTOÉ revealed documents, presented by Alexandre Saraiva in the crime notification, which substantiate the involvement of Minister Ricardo Salles with loggers linked to the illegal timber seized.