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SÃO PAULO SECURITY INCIDENTS – 3RD BULLETIN OF JANUARY

The number of express kidnappings in the state of São Paulo in 2022 reached the highest level in 15 years. The survey considers only records from January to September of 2022, in comparison with the 12 months of previous years, which indicates that the recent escalation of these crimes should be even greater. There were 165 reports from January to September 2022, a 75% increase compared to the first three quarters of the previous year (94 reports). And the number already exceeds the entire year 2021 (160 reports). The last peak had been in 2007, when 323 happened. The increase is higher in police stations in Greater São Paulo: the capital has almost two thirds (98) of the 2022 occurrences. The number of cases increased especially in the North Zone (29). The total number of arrests by the Anti-Kidnapping Division more than doubled: from 138, in 2021, to 303, last year. More than 90% of these express kidnapping are composed by the express kidnapping in which an alleged user of a dating app sets a date in a remote location, only to kidnap the victims when they arrive. According to the police, there is no evidence of links of these crime with criminal organization such as the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC).

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