Police officers arrested in Brazil for taking bribes from gold miners


  • World
  • Saturday, 30 Nov 2024

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Two senior police officers were arrested in Brazil on suspicion that they took bribes and provided security for illegal gold mining activity in the Amazon, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Friday.

Brazilian authorities suspect they were receiving money to overlook and even provide private security for trading of gold illegally extracted from Indigenous lands and conservation areas, the court decision and a federal police statement showed.

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