Fraud, document forgery and ideological falsehood are the most investigated crimes; SP concentrates the majority of the cases
A Federal Police (Federal Police) launched this Monday (22.Jul.2024) a data visualization panel on ongoing police investigations at the institution. According to the information, there are currently 50,563 investigations being conducted by the corporation.
Of the total, 7,320 investigations are for the crime of fraud, identified by section 3 of article 171 of the Penal Code, which increases the sentence by 1/3 for crimes committed against elderly or vulnerable individuals. In 2nd place is the crime of document forgery (3,303 investigations), followed by the crime of ideological falsehood (3,041).
The regional superintendencies with the most open investigations are:
- São Paulo – with 5,534 police investigations in progress;
- Rio de Janeiro – with 3,321; and
- Minas Gerais – with 1,675.
Most of the origin of the communication, that is, where the requests for investigations come from, are from the MPF (Federal Public Ministry). In total, 18,764 requests to investigate crimes came from the agency. The PF itself comes next with 9,901 requests.
O Open Data Portalwhich can be accessed by clicking hereis a corporate transparency initiative. The panel provides information on the type of crime, source of the communication, PF units and federation units. The panel data is updated daily.
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