A glamorous lawyer who built a large social media following by sharing stories about drug traffickers and gangsters is now ‘on the run’ herself.
The lawyer quickly became a fugitive after a police investigation sparked accusations she was the mastermind of a criminal drug trafficking organisation. The case emerged in Florianopolis, the capital of Santa Catarina state in southern Brazil, where prosecutors filed charges against Gabriela Vieira Serafin on 10 June.
The criminal lawyer, known online as “Advogata”, has more than 32,000 followers on Instagram. The glam lawyer gained her impressive following from posting slang-filled videos to explain criminal cases and life behind the scenes of the justice system. Investigators allege she was one of the leaders of a criminal organisation involved in drug trafficking in the Tapera area of Florianopolis. Serafin, 29, was one of the targets of Operation Quebra de Comando, launched by anti-drug officers in March following an investigation that lasted around a year.
