Criciúma
Maíra Rabassa
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The 6th Regional Police Station presented data on cases involving homicide crimes in Amrec. The numbers refer to occurrences recorded this year in the 12 municipalities in the region. In total, from January until yesterday (April 24) there were 13 victims killed, divided into: Lauro Müller (01), Morro da Fumaça (01), Balneário Rincão (04), Criciúma (05) and Içara (02). Of these, nine police investigations were concluded and another four are still being investigated, which leaves the Civil Police of the Coal Region with around 70% of the cases resolved.
“Remember that the cases that have not yet been resolved are being investigated, with a strong indication of authorship, which has not yet been formalized due to the failure to complete the investigation. This result is the result of the intense investigative work of the civil police officers of the 6th Region, especially the Homicide Division of the Criminal Investigation Division, which has police officers on standby 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to respond to death crime scenes. violence, speeding up the collection of evidence and the production of proof, increasing the possibility of identifying criminal perpetrators”, assesses the numbers André Milanese, regional delegate.
The rates are equal to the statewide rate, where 80% of homicides committed in Santa Catarina were solved. The data was released yesterday by the Civil Police of Santa Catarina and, according to Ulisses Gabriel, general delegate of the PCSC, the crimes that are taking place “are not forgotten”. “They are being clarified. We intended to reach a rate of 75 or 77% in 2024, which are the rates for Canada and the Netherlands, but this percentage was reached last year”, highlights Gabriel.
Red-handed arrests also increased in Santa Catarina
This Tuesday, the 23rd, an operation was carried out in Criciúma to capture those involved in the murder of Rafael Nunes Rosso, 37 years old. His body was found on February 24th floating in the shallow part of the Criciúma River, in the Paraíso neighborhood (lowland region). Three were arrested on suspicion of having beaten the victim to death. As a result, of the five homicides this year in the city, three have already been solved, that is, 60% of the cases.
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On the same day, during the searches, two arrests were made, one for possession of weapons and the other for drug trafficking. These would be examples of occurrences that cause SC to have a 22% increase in flagrant situations. According to the PCSC, in the last week alone, arrests in the act occurred for the crimes of drug trafficking (63.89%), malicious reception (26.11%), association for drug trafficking (19.44%) and adulteration vehicle identification signal (13.89%), among others.
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- The analyzes also reveal that in 2024, 1,920 people were arrested via arrest warrant, compared to 1,427 in the previous year, making a total of 34.55% more than in the same period last year.
- The increase in the execution of arrest warrants was 64.09%.
- In relation to search and seizure warrants in the period under analysis (01/01/2024 to 04/22/2024), 2,435 warrants were executed, 14% more than in the same period last year. In the ranking of police stations with the highest number of search and seizure warrants executed, the Criciúma DIC appears in sixth place.
- Source: Santa Catarina Civil Police (PCSC)
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