FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT (RIF) AND THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIME OF MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE MILITARY SPHERE: A STUDY ON THE LEGITIMACY OF THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE MILITARY POLICE INQUIRY TO REQUEST DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL FOR THE CONTROL OF FINAN

Abstract

The objective of this scientific article is to analyze the legitimacy of the Officer in charge of the
Military Police Investigation to request the Financial Intelligence Report (RIF) directly from
the Financial Activities Control Council (COAF). For this, we sought to address the importance
of using the RIF in the definition of the investigation strategy of financial crimes, the expansion
of the definition of military crime arising from Law n. 13,491/2017, which transformed, among
many others, the crime popularly known as “money laundering” into a military crime, requiring
greater specialization of the investigative instruments used in military internal affairs. Finally,
to demonstrate that the person in charge of the military police investigation and the police chief
perform similar functions in the criminal investigation, both enjoying legal attribution to use
the special instruments of criminal investigation in their investigations. This is an exploratory
research, of a qualitative nature and deductive method, using bibliographic and documentary
research. It can be seen that the traditional instruments for the production of evidence used in
the military sphere have proved to be insufficient for the investigation of the complex crimes
that currently contribute to the military internal affairs, due to the expansion of the concept of
military crime, being imperative to use them in Military Police Inquiry (IPM) of special
investigative instruments provided for in national legislation. In this way, it is concluded that
the Officer in charge of IPM has the legitimacy to request the RIF directly from COAF.
Keywords: Financial Intelligence Report. RIF. Military Crime. Money laundry. Military Police
Investigation. MPI Financial Activities Control Council. COAF.