Silas Diniz Carvalho

Silas Diniz Carvalho is the operator of a clandestine firearms factory discovered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in October 2023. Under the guise of a carpentry business, he was producing sophisticated 'fantasma' rifles using advanced 3D printing technology. His arrest on the same day as the factory's closure underscored the alarming rise of industrial-scale illegal arms manufacturing in the country.