Property destruction: On 15 March 2025, in Teresina (Piaui), a group of eight drug traffickers fired against a man's house in the Torquato Neto neighborhood. The suspects cut down the house's power and fired multiple times against it as a way to intimidate the owner, who was a former military police officer who had recently moved in. The suspects escaped.

Supply-chain Risk Briefing

1) Summary On March 15, eight drug cartel members attacked the residence of a former military police officer in Teresina, Piauí state, Brazil. This is an isolated criminal incident with low direct risk to supply chains.

2) Supply-chain impact

• Local security environment: Security instability due to drug cartel activities in Teresina's Torcato Neto area could increase operational risks for local logistics and transportation companies
• Agricultural sector: Piauí state is a production region for soybeans, corn and other agricultural products; continued organized crime activities could serve as a factor increasing security costs in the agricultural collection and transportation process
• Logistics operations: Concerns over rising operational costs as local delivery and transportation companies avoid the area or implement enhanced security measures

3) Watch points

• Whether conflicts between drug cartels within Piauí state spread and the possibility of expansion to other regions
• Enhanced response measures by security authorities in Teresina and surrounding areas and their impact on logistics infrastructure