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In the latest episode of “Brazil: Where Crime Pays but Must Have a Good Backstory,” the Federal Police decided to throw a little party, complete with confetti made of gold dust from the Amazon and trophy animals that haunt your dreams. They raided a criminal group that, it turns out, has perfected the art of gold laundering—because why should your gold just sit there looking shady when it can have a clean backstory?
This illustrious crew was reportedly operating in the Kayapo territory, because nothing screams “eco-conscious” like illegally excavating precious metals from Indigenous lands. The suspects, whose identities are as hidden as the gold they allegedly mined, include public officials and Indigenous folk. Talk about a united front against both law and nature!
With an operation that spread across more states than an overzealous carnival parade, the police executed 33 search warrants. Can you imagine? They probably needed a map and a lot of caffeine for this scavenger hunt. They even stumbled upon a home filled with taxidermied trophies, including a hippopotamus that looks like it forgot to unbook its flight. Apparently, it’s not enough to just loot the land; you have to have a Hollywood-level collection of safari souvenirs to impress your guests.
And guess what? Only seven out of twelve of these exotic corpses had the right documentation because what’s the point of owning a dead wild animal if you can’t flaunt it like expensive art? Meanwhile, a federal judge has ordered freezing assets worth over a straightforward $740 million—because apparently, gold and dead animals aren’t enough to make criminals reconsider their career choices.
As this circus continues, we can only sit back and imagine the next episode of this tragically comic saga. Will the criminals start a gold-digging reality show? Will the hippopotamus hold a press conference about its environmental rights? Stay tuned, Brazil, because this absurdity is just getting started!
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