Agents will operate in the areas of intelligence and protection of authorities, together with the Integrated Operations Center of the Public Safety Secretariat of the Federal District.
The Federal Police started investigating the group after a victim of the gang had managed to escape. The woman had been lured by an agent in Búzios, in the Lakes Region
The PF estimates that, at different levels of participation, including those who actually carried out the robbery, around 50 people are involved in the crime.
There will be barriers at the Ponte da Amizade, between Foz do Iguaçu and Ciudad del Este, in Paraguay; and on the Tancredo Neves Bridge, between Foz do Iguaçu and Puerto Iguazú, in Argentina.
Operation Skal investigates municipal servants who would have acted in conjunction with companies to divert public resources, mainly through private hospitals.