{"id":1890,"date":"2026-05-17T04:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2026-05-17T04:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T04:01:34","slug":"glam-lawyer-who-reenacts-drug-busts-and-gang-crimes-online-is-arrested-over-links-to-underworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?p=1890","title":{"rendered":"Glam lawyer who reenacts drug busts and gang crimes online is arrested over links to underworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_e189fa\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">A lawyer famous for re-enacting gang crimes online, is under fire after a Brazilian police raid allegedly linked her to a real-life criminal underworld faction<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">13:48, 14 May 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 14:26, 14 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37155581\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gabriela Vieira Serafin\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155581.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155581.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155581.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155581.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Gabriela Vieira Serafin is being investigated by police in Brazil\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gabriela Vieira Serafin is being investigated by police in Brazil<cite aria-label=\"Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A stunning legal eagle who became a social media sensation for dramatizing gritty underworld crimes is now facing a real-life legal drama of her own. Glamourous Gabriela Vieira Serafin, famed for her first-person re-enactments of gangland cases and drug raids, is under the microscope in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Detectives fear the glamorous defence attorney may have crossed the line from representing <a aria-label=\"criminalsLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/crime\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">criminals<\/a> to joining their ranks. Authorities in Florianopolis carried out a high-stakes dawn raid on Gabriela&#8217;s home on Tuesday (May 12).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While the lawyer herself wasn&#8217;t there, her mother and legal representatives watched as <a aria-label=\"policeLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> scoured the property. Investigators reportedly discovered a number of devices, including two mobile phones, SIM cards and memory sticks, secretly tucked away inside a child&#8217;s glove in her bedroom.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37155584\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37155584\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lawyer Gabriela Vieira Serafin poses in undated photo\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155584.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155584.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-01.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155584.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-01.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155584.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-01.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Gabriela is famed for her first-person re-enactments of gangland cases and drug raids\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gabriela is famed for her first-person re-enactments of gangland cases and drug raids<cite aria-label=\"Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Known to her followers as &#8220;Advogata&#8221;, a cheeky play on the Portuguese words for lawyer (advogada) and cat (gata), Gabriela built a brand on re-enacting the chaotic lives of her clients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, Santa Catarina Civil Police suspect her professional boundaries may have blurred by becoming involved with a criminal faction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One possibility reportedly being examined is that she may have acted as a courier for messages between prisoners and gang members on the street.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37155585\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37155585\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lawyer Gabriela Vieira Serafin poses in undated photo\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155585.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-02.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155585.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-02.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155585.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-02.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155585.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-02.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The lawyer's Instagram feed is packed with staged accounts of criminal life\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The lawyer&#8217;s Instagram feed is packed with staged accounts of criminal life<cite aria-label=\"Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Her stepfather, Anderson de Souza Machado, was detained during the raid, though Gabriela has not yet been officially charged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The lawyer&#8217;s Instagram feed is packed with staged accounts of criminal life. In one particularly prophetic clip, she played a woman caught red-handed in a narcotics den.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I was inside a bedsit weighing drugs. The tactical police burst in. I think someone grassed me up,&#8221; she said in the staged video.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37155582\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37155582\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lawyer Gabriela Vieira Serafin poses in undated photo\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155582.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-05.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155582.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-05.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155582.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-05.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/article37155582.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-05.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Gabriela is known to her followers as 'Advogata'\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Gabriela is known to her followers as &#8216;Advogata&#8217;<cite aria-label=\"Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: @serafingabriela\/Newsflash\/NX)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In another post, she detailed a cold-blooded ambush where rival gangsters rented a flat next door to a target to monitor his every move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She said: &#8220;The guys were at war, but it was hard to catch their enemy out on the street. So what did they do?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;They rented an apartment in the same condominium as their enemy. Almost door to door. They stayed there just watching the movements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While her videos aren&#8217;t illegal, police are now analysing her seized devices to determine if Gabriela has truly joined the dark side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/em><\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em><u><a aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/u><\/em><\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawyer famous for re-enacting gang crimes online, is under fire after a Brazilian police&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg",1200,675,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg",1200,675,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04.jpg",1200,675,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-1115x675.jpg",1115,675,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-800x500.jpg",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-1024x576.jpg",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-540x340.jpg",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/betreview.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_PAY-NewsX-CrimiLwes-04-400x250.jpg",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/betreview.net\/?cat=7\" rel=\"category\">Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betreview.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}