Under investigation for timber smuggling, Salles is nominated to the Environment Committee.
Ricardo Salles was the target of Operation Akuanduba by the Federal Police, which investigated suspected facilitation of the illegal export of timber from Brazil to the United States and Europe.
247 - Former Environment Minister and current federal deputy Ricardo Salles (PL-SP) is expected to be nominated by the PL party to chair the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee (CMADS) of the Chamber of Deputies, according to the website Eixo Político.
During the Bolsonaro administration, Salles was heavily criticized for his mismanagement at the head of the ministry. He was called an 'ecocide'. Salles was also the target of Operation Akuanduba by the Federal Police, carried out on May 19, 2021. The investigations looked into the suspicion of facilitating the illegal export of wood from Brazil to the United States and Europe.
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