Erika Marena
NationalityBrazilian
Occupationchief of the Federal Police
Known forchief of the Federal Police of Brazil in the Operation Car Wash

Érika Mialik Marena is a chief of the Federal Police of Brazil, she is known for her role in Operation Car Wash.[1][2][3][4]

After serving for two years in the operation, Erika was invited to head the area to combat corruption and misappropriation of public funds from the Federal Police's Superintendent in Santa Catarina.[5][6] In 2016, she was the most voted in a triple list to run for the general direction of the Federal Police command.[7]

In 2017, Erika was portrayed in Brazilian cinema by actress Flavia Alessandra in the movie Polícia Federal: A Lei É para Todos (Federal Police: The Law Is for Everyone).[8]

Still in 2017, she was responsible for the controversial "Ouvidos Moucos" Operation that resulted in the arrest of the chancellor of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Luiz Carlos Cancellier de Olivo, accused of attempted obstruction of justice. Motivated by allegations of Rodolfo Hickel do Prado (corregidor of UFSC by then), the operation blamed the chancellor for the operator, while it was wide spread that it was a resource misuse investigation. Such allegation was related to other people, not Chancellor Luiz. After being accused by Marena, Luiz Carlos Cancellier de Olivo was arrested and removed from the office at the university, as a result of the operation that counted on 115 federal policemen. Luiz Carlos had no criminal record. He was released with a habeas corpus, with the condition that he should not go to the university's campus. Later on, he committed suicide.[9] Delegate Marena was later removed from the case and transferred to the head of the Federal Police in Sergipe. The Ministry of Justice investigated its involvement in the case, and three agreeable opinions decided to close the case against Marena.[10][11] In February 2021, recordings the hacker Walter Delgatti obtained and testified as truthful by Brazilian Federal Police, were opened by Brazilian Supreme Court to the lawyers defending former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The recordings showed that Erika Marena had falsified a testimony during Car Wash Operation.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Procuradores da Lava Jato lamentam saída da delegada Érika Marena". G1. Globo. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Entenda o Caso". Caso Lava Jato. Ministério Público Federal. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Os dois anos da operação Lava jato". Globo News. Globo. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  4. ^ Souza, Nivaldo (1 August 2017). "Posto que deu origem à operação Lava Jato deve mais de R$ 8 milhões à União". Uol. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  5. ^ Vargas, Diogo (25 February 2017). "Ex-coordenadora da Lava-Jato é transferida para a PF em SC". DC. RBS. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Procuradores da Lava Jato lamentam saída da delegada Érika Marena". Época. Globo. 9 December 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Delegada pode ser primeira mulher da história a comandar PF". Cidade verde. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Moro, Bretas, Dallagnol e delegados da PF assistem à "Lei é Para Todos" na terra da Lava Jato". Estadão. O Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. ^ Carvalho, Luiz Maklouf (3 December 2017). "Suicídio de reitor da Universidade Federal da Santa Catarina põe PF sob suspeita". Estadão. O Estado de São Paulo. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  10. ^ "PF de SC substitui superintendente e transfere delegada da Operação Ouvidos Moucos". G1-SC. Globo. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Assessor produziu parecer para eximir delegada da PF em sindicância". Folha de S. Paulo. 2018-02-01.
  12. ^ "STF exige que Ministério da Justiça investigue delegada Érika Marena por falsificação de testemunho na Lava Jato". G1-SC. TV247. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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