THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME AND INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES: REFLECTIONS FROM THE TV SERIES "BOM DIA, VERÔNICA"

Abstract

This article aimed to investigate the practical and theoretical obstacles to combating organized crime infiltrated within Brazilian public security institutions, using the television series "Bom Dia, Verônica" as a case study. The research was bibliographic, qualitative, and hypothetical-deductive, grounded in legislation, legal doctrine, case law, and official public security data. The results showed that institutional corporatism and the structural protection afforded to public agents hinder the investigation of their conduct by internal control mechanisms, whereas strengthening external oversight by the Public Prosecutor's Office and resorting to international human rights bodies proved historically more effective in producing institutional change, as evidenced by the Favela Nova Brasília, Honorato, Tavares Pereira, and Leite de Souza cases, all decided against Brazil by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It is concluded that addressing organized crime infiltrated within the state depends on coordinated action among internal affairs units, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and international bodies, rather than isolated reliance on any single mechanism.