A seminar held last week in Brasília brought together authorities, representatives of sectoral associations, specialists, and academics to discuss the advance of the illegal market in Brazil and the growing role of criminal organizations in different productive chains.
The president of the National Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP), Edson Vismona, presented data from the entity indicating that the losses caused by illegality went from R$ 100 billion in 2014 to R$ 473 billion last year, revealing what he called an "articulated criminal economic system," with the capacity to finance other illegal activities and affect companies that operate within the law.
Vismona recalled that 20 years ago there were only informal smugglers bringing products from Paraguay, but that the country currently faces increasingly sophisticated criminal structures devoted to the illegal market.
The specialist advocates for the proper use of taxes as a strategy to combat the problem, arguing that tax evasion generates extremely high profits. This demand was presented during the discussion of the Tax Reform, according to Vismona.
