Jorge Pontes is a graduate from the FBI National Academy. He spent almost thirty years working for the Federal Police-first as an agent and later as a police chief-both nationwide and abroad, and devoted most of his career to the creation and implementation of units specializing in fighting environmental crime.

Marcio Anselmo joined the Federal Police as a clerk in 2004, stationed in Guaíra, and has since been actively involved in investigating financial crime, corruption and money laundering. He worked on the Banestado case in Brasília, and led the investigations on Operation Faktor. From 2018 to 2020, he occupied the post of coordinator-general of the corruption and money laundering unit.

Valuable testimony to students of Brazilian politics and society, but simultaneously a lively thriller-style narrative - a great read for anyone interested in global politics.

Foreword
Professor Robert I. Rotberg

[...] arrest of Marcelo Odebrecht
INSTITUTIONALIZED CRIME
[...] Narcotics to Environmental Crime
NEXT STOP: THE FBI
INTERNAL RESISTANCE
[...] Embryo of Operation Car Wash
FROM THE "TRUCKER'S KIT" TO FINANCIAL CRIME
THE FAKTOR "FACULTY"
NOTHING WOULD BE THE SAME AGAIN
[...] Diversion of the Federal Police
SKEWING PRIORITIES
HEAVIER WORKLOAD, FEWER AGENTS
[...] Organized to Institutionalized Crime
THE OFFICIAL PLATFORM
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF
THE PARADOX OF THE FP UNDER LULA
THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CORRUPTION
WHITE-COLLAR CRIME AND WEBS FOR SMALL INSECTS
[...] Investigation of Lula
AN EXPLOSIVE WIRE-TAP
THE ARREST
7. Capitalism, the Brazilian Way
AN INSTITUTIONALIZED ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY
THE ORIENT EXPRESS EFFECT
RAIN HOURS
THE NON-CRIME
8.Jewelry, Racketeers, and Bad Checks - a State on the Rampage
CABRAL'S RIO -MEGA-EVENTS AND MEGA-CORRUPTION
A GLIMPSE OF THE WHALE - A CASE IN PERNAMBUCO
THE POLICE CHIEF IN THE BOW TIE
[...] Obstruction of Federal Police Investigations
THE TENSEST DAY
THE CAYMAN DOSSIER
INSTITUTIONAL LEAKS
DILMA'S PHANTOM E-MAIL
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DAYS OF MIXED SIGNALS
10.Political Appointments
THE "CLEANING CREWS" AND "RESCUE TEAMS"
THE KING'S FIFTH
[...] Current Role of the Federal Police
THE LAST TARGET OF OPERATION CAR WASH: THE JUDICIARY
A SYSTEM MADE NOT TO WORK
INSTITUTIONALIZED CRIME AS A THREAT TO THE NATION'S DEVELOPMENT
12.Proposals for the Future

Postscript: About a Plane

Afterword: The Normalization of Malfeasance
Why it's so hard to dismantle institutionalized crime in Brazil
Luís Roberto Barroso