Crypto expert with links to gang shot dead at Brazilian airport

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Crypto expert with links to gang shot ***** at Brazilian airport

A Brazilian businessman, with ties to one of the country’s most powerful ********* groups, has been shot ***** at Guarulhos Airport in Sao Paolo.

Antônio Vinicius Gritzbach had recently entered into a plea bargain with local prosecutors to provide information about Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) – or First Capital Command.

He received ****** threats from the gang as a result, local media reports.

Three others were injured in the *******, with footage online showing the aftermath. Police said officers had been deployed to the airport and surrounding area.

The moment two hooded men exited a car holding sub-machine guns and began ******* outside the airport terminal was caught on security camera.

Gritzbach, a former member of the PCC, dropped his bag and tried to run away – but he was shot many times and ***** at the scene.

A cryptocurrency expert, Gritzbach had been in the process of telling officials how he helped the gang to launder millions of dollars.

Reports in Brazilian media suggest he was once considered a key player in the gang’s operation.

As part of his plea deal, Gritzbach had promised to help investigators locate other members and hand over documents.

In exchange, Sao Paolo prosecutors are said to have offered Gritzbach a judicial pardon and a reduction of his sentence for money laundering.

The PCC was formed in the early 1990s and has gone on to become one of Brazil’s most feared ***** gangs. Its members, however, are not confined to ****** America.

Last year, a report by security services in Portugal alone suggested the group had 1,000 associates in the ********* country’s capital, Lisbon.

Sao Paolo’s organised ****** taskforce estimated in 2023 that PCC makes almost $1bn (£773,000) from international ******** trafficking.

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