São Paulo Officials Brief Mayor on Operation Targeting PT Councilman Linked to Bus Company, PCC

São Paulo's top security officials, including the State Secretary of Public Security Osvaldo Nico Gonçalves and the State Prosecutor General Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa, contacted Mayor Ricardo Nunes early Thursday morning. They briefed the mayor on the "Operação Última Parada" (Last Stop Operation) before it was launched, detailing its focus on councilman Senival Moura (PT).

The operation resulted in Moura's arrest, stemming from alleged connections to the Transunião bus company and the powerful criminal organization known as the PCC. Mayor Nunes stated that the city administration is cooperating with the investigation. Paulo Sérgio explained that the operation requires the city to take over services from Transunião's suspended directors, a move Nunes has agreed to facilitate, referencing a similar situation in a 2024 operation.

Further complicating the investigation, one of those arrested in the operation was identified as a police investigator from the Penha district. He was found with slimming pens allegedly for sale. The Civil Police's internal affairs division has been notified. At another target's location, authorities discovered four rifles and drugs being prepared for packaging, strengthening the prosecution's belief in Transunião's ties to the PCC.

Prosecutor General Paulo Sérgio highlighted that the seizure of firearms bolsters the evidence linking Transunião to the PCC, noting the company has been under investigation for years and was previously implicated in the 2024 "Operação Fim da Linha" (End of the Line Operation). Police Chief Arthur Dian affirmed that the fight against organized crime is progressing, stating this investigation began in 2020. Prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya, who has led major anti-PCC operations for two decades, pointed to Transunião receiving over R$180 million in public subsidies as clear evidence of the faction's infiltration into public administration. Gakiya believes the bus company was effectively "captured" by organized crime, and noted that Councilman Moura, who owns 13 buses from the company under scrutiny, had served on the Municipal Chamber's Public Transport Committee, indicating a potential capture of a legislative branch.