Secretário pede exoneração e é substituído na Prefeitura de Salvador após operação contra suposta organização criminosa

Following a crackdown on a suspected criminal organization in Salvador, Brazil, Secretary Luciano Sandes resigned and was replaced by Claudia Cavalcanti. The investigation by the Public Ministry of Bahia involves fraudulent bidding, contract manipulation, and financial concealment with an estimated loss of R$ 38.3 million to public coffers.