Boarding and disembarking operation

Continuing the attempt to fictionalize the Federal Anti-Crime Plan, after the proposal for a recall so that all CACs (Collectors, Shooters, and Hunters) present the weapons purchased under the lenient legislation of the previous government - the "general arms liberalization" that supplied a good part of the crime with rifles - I imagine a concentrated front to stifle the arrival of weapons and the departure of drugs through ports and airports.

Yes, inspections already exist. But, to counter the simplistic narrative that "entering the favela shooting" solves the problem, it's necessary to scale up, improve the method, and make this routine more visible. The operation needs to be better presented and, above all, publicized.

Let's start with the ports: 100% of containers originating from classic arms smuggling routes undergo combined inspection by the Federal Revenue Service and the Federal Police, with reinforcement from the Navy in perimeter security and hull sweeping, inside and out. High-energy scanners, sniffer dogs, optical seal reading, weight/volume verification, and manual checking when there is a discrepancy. No sampling plan for sensitive cargo – it's a "total fine-tooth comb" inspection. And everything is documented by dedicated communication teams: every broken seal, every seizure, every route disrupted.

At airports, the same spirit prevails: thorough checking of checked baggage and cargo on high-risk flights, use of PNR (advance passenger registration), cross-referencing with intelligence databases, cameras with analytics in apron and warehouse areas, and a visible presence of the Federal Police. If there is a shortage of personnel, temporary reinforcements from the Air Force are called in for screening, logistics, and technical support.

Conversely – ships and aircraft leaving Brazil bound for drug consumer markets – replicate the pincer movement: X-ray screening, manifest verification, drone sweeps, Federal Police and Armed Forces helicopters escorting convoys to the economic exclusion zone, thermal cameras to prevent "diving" deliveries after undocking, and integration with VTS/SISTRAM to monitor suspicious routes. At land and waterway borders, expand mobile barriers with automatic license plate reading, sensors, scanner barges, and permanent river bases.

All of this is coordinated through a national command and control center that integrates the Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, Federal Revenue Service, ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency), Armed Forces, ANTAQ (National Agency for Waterway Transportation), ANAC (National Civil Aviation Agency), and port and airport administrations. Unified protocols, public targets, daily results reports.

You, attentive reader, have already noticed: there's no alchemy here. The point is scale, coordination, and, above all, communication. The federal government can – and I would say, should – transform these actions into everyday narrative. Daily, simple, and factual communication, in the style of Discovery's "Frontiers," but with the reach of open networks and digital platforms. The battle for public opinion is not won with technical silence while opportunistic governors sell a spectacle. It is won by crowing about what works: intelligence, traceability, financial suffocation, and route control. That's how it was, incidentally, when the operation on Faria Lima exposed the financial arm of crime in fintechs: method, proof, and light.