A notorious criminal organization’s alleged head of HR set up her own downfall by posing glamorously with assault rifles and openly taunting police.
Bianca Franco was arrested on criminal organization and drug trafficking charges last Friday by authorities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 24-year-old acted as head of HR for Comando Vermelho, a gang that has operated in the country for decades.
Franco often shared photos and videos of herself posing with weapons on her Instagram account.
One of the shocking videos showed the stunning criminal dancing with a rifle inside a home in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Penha.
In another post, she appeared looking over balcony with a gun tucked into the waist of her pants.
Other pictures showed Franco holding a gun over her shoulder and dangling a rifle from her arm.
For her 24th birthday, she posted a photo of a cake with decorations that spelled out ‘AYNA,’ her nickname and ‘Tropa da 41,’ which referenced Leonardo Costa, a high-ranking gang leader who was killed in a gun battle with police in 2023.
Investigators were furthered startled by a post in which she confessed to her illegal activities.
‘My mother knows that I’m a criminal, she knows that I’m a drug dealer,’ Franco confessed.
‘She knows everything I do. She knows that I carry a gun.’
When a follower posed a question on her Instagram Stories about authorities in the Brazilian state of Pará searching for her, Franco taunted her pursuers.
‘The world belongs to the clever ones,’ responded.
Franco was among 35 criminal organization members arrested over the past two weeks as part of an investigation known as Operation Parabellum.
She was with two other gang members when they were arrested at a stash house.
The suspects were also arrested on drug trafficking and association with drug trafficking charges.
Civil Police chief Gustavo Fossati said Franco’s job was to check the background of prospective drug dealers.
‘She was responsible for collecting all the data, taking photos, checking whether he [the candidate to join the faction] had any complaints from a superior in the criminal organization,’ Civil Police chief Gustavo Fossati said.
‘And then, if everything was ok, she would take and fill out this form.’