O “TRIBUNAL DO CRIME” DO PCC COMO “DOMÍNIO SOCIAL ESTRUTURADO”: Um experimento com provas em rede

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the so-called "crime tribunals" of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), understanding them in light of the new criminal type "structured social domination," as introduced by Law No. 15.358/2026 ("Raul Jungmann Law," also known as the "Anti-Faction Law"). We assume the premise that the judgment and execution practices carried out in those "tribunals" are not isolated episodes or the result of personal motivations, but possess a modus operandi whose objective is to guarantee territorial control of certain regions of the city and the management of violence in areas dominated by the PCC. Thus, we argue that, to prove the existence of "structured social domination" related to the PCC's "crime tribunals," it is necessary to consider the interconnected evidence in a network, both in the main case and in evidence borrowed from other cases. We maintain that the evidence, when analyzed as a network, is capable of revealing a specific modus operandi aimed at maintaining control over certain territories. To this end, we analyzed approximately 20 cases from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul associated with the PCC's "crime tribunal," where the motivation for execution was the victim's belonging to rival factions. In this article, we have chosen one of these cases as a case study, highlighting evidence from other cases that reveals a modus operandi and certain patterns of judgment and execution. Methodologically, to analyze the network of evidence, we use Bruno Latour's theoretical-methodological framework. We justify this research based on two axes. The first is the academic and experimental attempt to test the extremely recent criminal type of "structured social domination" in light of a concrete case. The second is to analyze the PCC's actions through the "crime tribunals" in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, a state that has proven central to the faction's expansionist strategy, given that it possesses two important borders for drug and arms trafficking. Valuing multidisciplinarity, this article engages with two areas: Anthropology and Law, more specifically, documentary ethnography, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure.