After arrest, Deolane must be transferred to a prison in the interior of SP
Arrested this Thursday morning (21) at her home in Greater São Paulo, digital influencer and lawyer Deolane Bezerra is expected to be transferred to the city of Tupi Paulista, in the interior of São Paulo. The action investigates a money laundering scheme by the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) faction. The information was confirmed by the Civil Police to CNN Brasil.
The report found that, to date, the lawyer has not given a statement to the authorities. The Civil Police informed that the strategy is to previously analyze all the material seized during the execution of the warrants before officially hearing it.
Today's action was coordinated by Gaeco (Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime), of the MPSP (Public Ministry of the State of São Paulo).
Organized crime "box" and 35 shell companies
During a press conference that detailed the developments of the operation, the MPSP revealed that Deolane worked as an organized crime "box" for laundering money from the PCC's top brass.
Although the investigation began with the influencer's connection with a transport company in Presidente Venceslau, investigators discovered that she had connections with several other sectors of the organization.
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Four cars were seized from the influencer alone - Reproduction/Social media
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In total, it is estimated that the vehicles together cost R$3 million.
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A Range Rover, an Escalade, a Jeep Limited and a Mercedes-AMG were seized. - Reproduction/Social Media
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Justice ordered the blocking of the influencer's financial assets - Reproduction/Social Networks
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The operation that arrested Deolane also targets Marcola and his family
To hide the illicit origin of the million-dollar amounts, the investigation shows that Deolane opened 35 shell companies, all registered at the same address.
Understand the arrest
Deolane spent the last few weeks in Rome, Italy, during which time his name was included on the Interpol Red Diffusion list.
Deolane case: Operation wanted to arrest influencer in Italy | BEHIND THE SCENES CNN
Prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya, who is leading the investigations against the PCC, is also in Rome for a meeting of anti-mafia prosecutors and the authorities' original plan was to arrest the influencer on European soil.
However, the businesswoman anticipated her return and arrived in Brazil on Wednesday (20), the day before the start of Operation Vernix.
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Deolane is identified by investigations as a member of the PCC - CNN Brasil/Reinaldo Macedo
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Deolane is identified by investigations as a member of the PCC - CNN Brasil/Reinaldo Macedo
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Deolane is identified by investigations as a member of the PCC - CNN Brasil/Reinaldo Macedo
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Deolane is identified by investigations as a member of the PCC - CNN Brasil/Reinaldo Macedo
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Deolane is identified by investigations as a member of the PCC - CNN Brasil/Reinaldo Macedo
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According to the MPSP, the authorities chose not to arrest her at the airport so as not to compromise or alert the other targets of the warrants that would be served this morning.
The suspicion that the operation could have been leaked was discarded by investigators, since Deolane had an appointment to renew his passport in Brazil scheduled exactly for the day of his arrest.
Other side
On social media, the influencer's lawyer and sister, Daniele Bezerra, stated that Deolane's new arrest means persecution against the lawyer. See full note:
Investigation points to Deolane as the PCC's "true cashier" | BEHIND THE SCENES CNN
"Today, once again, they are trying to transform assumptions into truths and headlines into convictions. The arrest of Deolane Bezerra, on allegations of participation in a criminal organization, is born surrounded by lessons, narratives and persecutions that have been repeated for some time. Accusing is easy. It is difficult to prove. In Brazil, unfortunately, many times, one first exposes oneself, destroys one's image and condemns oneself in public opinion... and only then seeks evidence to support what has been done. And that is It is serious. It cannot be accepted that Justice is used as a spectacle, nor that people are treated as guilty before due legal process. Prison cannot be an instrument of pressure, marketing or social revenge. We will continue to trust in the truth, in Justice and in the right to defense, because persecution remains persecution, even when they try to give it another name."
Defense of Marco Willians Herbas Camacho, aka Marcola
Bruno Ferullo, lawyer of Marco Willians Herbas Camacho, comes to the public to clarify the facts related to Operation Vernix, launched on the morning of this Thursday, May 21, 2026, conducted by the Special Action Group to Combat Organized Crime (GAECO) of the region of Presidente Prudente, with support from the Civil Police of the State of São Paul.
The operation is part of investigations into alleged criminal organization and money laundering, involving alleged incompatible financial transactions and business connections investigated by the Public Prosecutor's Office.
It is important to contextualize that this entire investigative chain originated in July 2019, when prison officers found discarded manuscripts in the sewage tank of a cell at the Il de Presidente Venceslau Penitentiary, inhabited by two other prisoners. One of these notes mentioned 'that woman from the transport company', a reference that the police interpreted as indicating a link with a transport company in the region, Lopes Lemos Transportes Ltda.
From this single mention, successive investigations unfolded that, years later, arrived at Marco's name.
Compliance with precautionary measures does not imply, under any circumstances, a presumption of guilt.
The investigations attribute to Marco, in theory, alleged participation in the crimes of being part of a criminal organization and money laundering - related, according to the investigation, to third-party financial transactions and an indirect link with the transport company.
It is essential to make it clear that we are in the police investigation phase, which is based exclusively on 'indications and suspicions', expressions that, in law, have limited probative weight and that need to be submitted to the adversarial process before any conclusion can be reached. It is at this stage that the facts will be effectively investigated, with full exercise of broad defense.
We ask the press and society to guarantee the presumption of innocence, a fundamental right of the Brazilian legal system, refraining from hasty conclusions that could harm the progress of the process and the image of those involved before any definitive judicial pronouncement.
CNN Brasil tries to locate the defense of all those mentioned. The space is open for demonstrations.
Influencer Deolane Bezerra is arrested in an operation against the PCC in SP
Source: CNN