Target location Sobral, Ceará, in Brazil’s Northeast, a region increasingly scrutinized for criminal infiltration of local politics. Sobral, Ceará, in Brazil’s Northeast, a region increasingly scrutinized for criminal infiltration of local politics. Lead agencies Brazil’s Federal Police (PF), Ceará state prosecutors (MPCE), and the FICCO task force. Brazil’s Federal Police (PF), Ceará state prosecutors (MPCE), and the FICCO task force. Operation Omerta is a Federal Police operation launched on August 11, 2026, in Sobral, Ceará, targeting an organized-crime group accused of interfering in the 2024 municipal election and the 2026 electoral process.