The Brazilian government decided on Friday to finish the link to a private firm that was contracted to provide security personnel to the Olympic venues and replaced it with the federal and state police, just a week before the opening of the Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro.
Justice Minister, Alexandre Moraes, said members of the National Force of the federal government, with active and retired Rio police and other states, make up the body of 3,000 agents to control fans and metal detectors at Olympic venues.
Just a few weeks ago that the government hired the relatively little-known security firm Artel to carry out that task. The company would deploy 3,400 guards, but Artel said days ago that the Government had only recruited 500.
"The company will be fined for its incompetence and irresponsibility (...) but the Games will not suffer any damage," Moraes said. He added that the main concern related to security are crimes against visitors.
But the fear of potential terrorist attacks grew after Brazil last week arrested several people who have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and allegedly planned to carry out attacks.
The change from security personnel of the headquarters will have no impact on the 85,000 soldiers, police and other officials of the security forces will be patrolling the streets of Rio in an effort to maintain peace during the Games, which run until on August 21. The number is twice that agents arranged in the previous Games in London 2012.
In Brazil more homicides than any other country, according to an annual United Nations report, and Rio de Janeiro have recently experienced an increase in crime in the midst of an economic recession, rising unemployment and the deficit in security budgets are recorded public.
