The body was found on Thursday the 14th in the port of Santos
The body found by federal authorities inside a container in the port of Santos, on the coast of São Paulo, during a scanned inspection carried out in the early hours of Thursday the 14th, was in an advanced state of decomposition, according to the Federal Revenue Agency . Service, informed the newspaper The globe.
On Thursday, customs officers spotted a figure resembling a person inside the empty container and immediately notified customs inspection.
The container was on board a ship docked at the port of Santos on September 10, coming from Asia after a stop in Tangier, Morocco, where the container was loaded on September 1.
After the discovery of the silhouette, the authorities of the Federal Police and the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) were called to investigate. When the container was opened, the body was found.
To the newspaper, the Revenue Agency clarified that scanning inspection of empty containers during importation is an obligation imposed on customs areas with the aim of combating smuggling and misappropriation, according to a rule established in the October 2022. The Federal Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances of what happened.
According to the head of the Smuggling and Embezzlement Repression Division (Direp), Ivan da Silva Brasilico, The globeSince 2012, scanning inspection has been widely used. Seeking alternative routes for trafficking, the Federal Revenue Agency is considering scanning exports destined for Asia as well.
According to Brasilico, in the past it was common to find contraband items in empty containers, but nowadays this occurrence has become increasingly rare. While undeclared cargoes are occasionally encountered, cases like this are relatively rare.
In July, for example, two dogs were identified inside a container in the port of Itajaí, but they survived the situation, according to the Federal Revenue Agency. In general, it is more common to find trash, paint cans, and similar items in containers.
Source: Terra
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