The federal prosecutor who will investigate the Bolsonaro jewelry scandal is the wife of a pro-Bolsonaro city councilman.
Prosecutor Gabriela de Azevedo is the wife of Campinas city councilman Nelson Hossri (PSD), a supporter of Bolsonaro.
247 - The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) of São Paulo has appointed prosecutor Gabriela Saraiva de Azevedo Hossri to investigate the scandal involving jewelry that entered Brazil illegally, given by the Saudi Arabian government to Jair Bolsonaro and Michelle Bolsonaro.
According to blog According to journalist Rose Guglielminetti, prosecutor Gabriela de Azevedo is the wife of Campinas city councilman Nelson Hossri (PSD). The councilman is a supporter of Jair Bolsonaro.
Together with delegate Adalto Ismael Rodrigues Machado, from the Tax Crimes Repression Unit of the Federal Police in São Paulo, the two will investigate whether Bolsonaro committed the crimes of smuggling and influence peddling.
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The Federal Public Prosecutor's Office received information and documents collected by the Federal Revenue Service, which, last week, filed a complaint with the MPF regarding the million-dollar jewels seized by tax auditors in 2021 that were allegedly destined for Jair and Michelle Bolsonaro.
According to the law, gifts are considered property of the Brazilian State and not personal belongings. One of the two packages of jewelry contained items valued at approximately R$ 16,5 million, intended for the former first lady. The second package contained jewelry estimated at... around R$400 thousandIn 2021, the then Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, confirmed that jewelry estimated at R$ 16,5 million They would go to Michelle Bolsonaro.
The jewelry case gains worldwide attention.
The international press reported on the case of Jair Bolsonaro, whose government illegally brought jewelry valued at over 16 million reais into Brazil. The American newspaper The Washington Post published the story in an article titled "Bolsonaro denies involvement in illegal acts related to seized jewelry."
According to the article, reproduced by the French newspaper Le Figaro, "investigators will now assess whether Bolsonaro was trying to enter Brazil with the jewels hidden in order to avoid paying taxes or to prevent them from going to the public collection of the Presidency of the Republic. If the jewels were taken to the public collection, he would not be able to take them with him when he left office."
According to Bloomberg's website, the controversy surrounding the "mysterious jewels" gifted to the Brazilian government by Saudi Arabia "worries" Bolsonaro and could cause further problems for the former president upon his return from the United States. The article was also reproduced by the Canadian newspaper, the Financial Post.
Al Jazeera labeled the case a scandal and reported that the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, requested that the Federal Police investigate the incident. On the other hand, Clarín, Argentina's main newspaper, reported that the far-right leader mobilized the Ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs in a failed attempt to recover the jewels.