{{Short description|Brazilian jeweler and politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = TH Joias | honorific_suffix = | image = TH Joias em 2022.jpg | alt = | caption = TH Joias in 2022 | constituency_AM = | office = [[Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro]] | majority = | term_start = July 5, 2024 – September 3, 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Otoni de Paula Pai]] | successor = [[Rafael Picciani]] | prior_term = | pronunciation = | birth_name = Thiego Raimundo dos Santos Silva | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|12|27}} | birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = [[Brazilian Democratic Movement|MDB]] | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = [[Jewellery|Jewelry designer]]<br>politician | profession = | known_for = | salary = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | blank1 = | data1 = | blank2 = | data2 = | blank3 = | data3 = | blank4 = | data4 = | blank5 = | data5 = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | battles = | mawards = | military_blank1 = | military_data1 = | military_blank2 = | military_data2 = | military_blank3 = | military_data3 = | military_blank4 = | military_data4 = | military_blank5 = | military_data5 = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | footnotes = }}
'''Thiego Raimundo dos Santos Silva''', better known as '''TH Joias''', (December 27, 1988), is a Brazilian [[Bench jeweler|jeweler]] and politician.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Eleições 2022: Th Jóias – MDB {{!}} Ficha do candidato {{!}} Folha |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2022/rj/deputado-estadual/th-joias-190001645679.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909214227/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/candidatos/2022/rj/deputado-estadual/th-joias-190001645679.shtml |archive-date=September 9, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2025 |title=Hytalo Santos: Influenciador pediu 'ajuda' a TH Joias contra crítica |url=https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2025/09/08/influenciador-hytalo-santos-pediu-ajuda-de-th-joias-para-ameacar-mulher-que-falou-mal-dele-nas-redes-sociais.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908142449/https://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2025/09/08/influenciador-hytalo-santos-pediu-ajuda-de-th-joias-para-ameacar-mulher-que-falou-mal-dele-nas-redes-sociais.ghtml |archive-date=September 8, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Fantástico]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> He was a [[State deputies|state deputy]] for [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]] between 2024 and 2025, after taking a seat as an alternate in [[Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro]] (ALERJ).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=DEPUTADO Thiego Santos TH Jóias |url=https://www.alerj.rj.gov.br/Deputados/PerfilDeputado/513?Legislatura=20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616212732/https://www.alerj.rj.gov.br/Deputados/PerfilDeputado/513?Legislatura=20 |archive-date=June 16, 2025 |access-date=June 16, 2025 |website=[[Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Corrêa |first=Douglas |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Picciani reassume vaga na Alerj e substitui deputado TH Joias |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2025-09/picciani-reassume-vaga-na-alerj-e-substitui-deputado-th-joias |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250905195912/https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/geral/noticia/2025-09/picciani-reassume-vaga-na-alerj-e-substitui-deputado-th-joias |archive-date=September 5, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Agência Brasil]] |language=pt-br}}</ref>
== Biography ==
=== First years and career === Tiego was born in Morro do Fubá, in the {{Interlanguage link|North Zone (Rio de janeiro)|lt=northern part|pt|Zona Norte (Rio de Janeiro)}} of [[Rio de Janeiro]], in 1988, the son of [[goldsmith]] Juberto.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Veja algumas das peças de TH Joias, preso por associação ao CV |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2025/09/03/veja-algumas-das-pecas-de-th-joias.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904074006/https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2025/09/03/veja-algumas-das-pecas-de-th-joias.ghtml |archive-date=September 4, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[G1 (website)|G1]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> After leaving school, he frequented his family's store in the [[Madureira, Rio de Janeiro|Madureira]] neighborhood, where he learned the trade from his father.<ref name=":2" /> At the age of 19, he inherited the family business and began selling jewelry.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=September 9, 2025 |title=Quem é TH Joias? Deputado e joalheiro ligado a famosos foi preso por tráfico e lavagem de dinheiro |url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/viral/noticia/2025/09/quem-e-th-joias-deputado-e-joalheiro-ligado-a-famosos-foi-preso-por-trafico-e-lavagem-de-dinheiro-cmf48ttm80118015u4jspuqba.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250909222544/https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/viral/noticia/2025/09/quem-e-th-joias-deputado-e-joalheiro-ligado-a-famosos-foi-preso-por-trafico-e-lavagem-de-dinheiro-cmf48ttm80118015u4jspuqba.html |archive-date=September 9, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Zero Hora]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> TH also supported projects in the favelas and sponsored parties in the [[Honório Gurgel]] neighborhood.<ref name=":3" /> His client list includes athletes such as [[Neymar]], [[Vinícius Júnior]], and [[Adriano Imperador|Adriano]], as well as artists such as {{Interlanguage link|L7nnon|pt|L7nnon}}, [[Ludmilla (singer)|Ludmilla]], {{Interlanguage link|Dennis DJ|pt|Dennis DJ}}, and [[MC Poze do Rodo]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Almeida |first=Esther |date=September 3, 2025 |title=TH Jóias: conheça peças criadas pelo joalheiro dos famosos, preso por associação ao CV |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2025/09/03/th-joias-conheca-pecas-criadas-pelo-joalheiro-dos-famosos-preso-por-associacao-ao-cv.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250903180609/https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2025/09/03/th-joias-conheca-pecas-criadas-pelo-joalheiro-dos-famosos-preso-por-associacao-ao-cv.ghtml |archive-date=September 3, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[O Globo]] |language=pt-br}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=de Lima |first=Ludmilla |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Funkeiros, jogadores e joias com quilos de ouro de mais de R$1 milhão: a lista de clientes de deputado preso |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/funkeiros-jogadores-e-joias-com-quilos-de-ouro-de-mais-de-r1-milhao-a-lista-de-clientes-de-deputado-preso/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250903194022/https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/funkeiros-jogadores-e-joias-com-quilos-de-ouro-de-mais-de-r1-milhao-a-lista-de-clientes-de-deputado-preso/ |archive-date=September 3, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
In his application form, validated by the [[Brazilian Election Justice]], he stated that he had incomplete basic education.<ref name=":0" />
=== Politics === Affiliated with the [[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] (MDB), he ran for elected office for the first time in 2022, as one of the party's candidates for state deputy of [[Rio de Janeiro (state)|Rio de Janeiro]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Eiras |first=Yuri |date=September 9, 2025 |title=Era constrangedor vê-lo em eventos de segurança, diz secretário de Polícia Civil sobre TH Joias |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2025/09/era-constrangedor-ve-lo-em-eventos-de-seguranca-diz-secretario-de-policia-civil-sobre-th-joias.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250909142801/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2025/09/era-constrangedor-ve-lo-em-eventos-de-seguranca-diz-secretario-de-policia-civil-sobre-th-joias.shtml |archive-date=September 9, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> In the election, he received 15,105 votes, becoming an alternate.<ref name=":1" /> In 2024, with the death of [[Otoni de Paula Pai]] and [[Rafael Picciani]]'s leave of absence to take over [[Cláudio Castro]]'s ([[Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006)|PL]]) State Secretariat of Sports and Leisure within the state government, Thiego took over the position of State Representative on July 5, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Lima |first=Ludmilla |date=July 12, 2024 |title=Acusado de lavar dinheiro do tráfico já atua como deputado na Alerj |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/acusado-de-lavar-dinheiro-do-trafico-ja-atua-como-deputado-na-alerj/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722030007/https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/acusado-de-lavar-dinheiro-do-trafico-ja-atua-como-deputado-na-alerj/ |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=June 13, 2024 |title=Acusado de ligação com o tráfico assume vaga na Assembleia do Rio de Janeiro |url=https://revistaoeste.com/politica/acusado-de-ligacao-com-o-trafico-assume-vaga-na-assembleia-do-rio-de-janeiro/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724145633/https://revistaoeste.com/politica/acusado-de-ligacao-com-o-trafico-assume-vaga-na-assembleia-do-rio-de-janeiro/ |archive-date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[Revista Oeste]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
During his term, he chaired the Civil Defense Commission of [[Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro]] (ALERJ), responsible for coordinating disaster prevention actions in the cities of Rio de Janeiro.<ref name=":4" /> He participated in public events with the [[Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State]] (PMERJ), such as the delivery of armored vehicles, alongside Governor Cláudio Castro, and sent letters to the PMERJ requesting police reinforcement in neighborhoods in the northern part of the city, in addition to participating in a public hearing on the use of drones by criminals.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2025 |title=TH Jóias teria negociado R$ 150 mil em equipamentos anti drones com o tráfico |url=https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2025/09/04/th-joias-teria-negociado-r-150-mil-em-equipamentos-anti-drones-com-o-trafico.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250906195325/https://oglobo.globo.com/rio/noticia/2025/09/04/th-joias-teria-negociado-r-150-mil-em-equipamentos-anti-drones-com-o-trafico.ghtml |archive-date=September 6, 2025 |access-date=September 9, 2025 |website=[[O Globo]] |language=pt-br}}</ref>
On September 3, 2025, he was arrested for drug trafficking, corruption, and [[money laundering]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2025 |title='TH Joias', deputado estadual do RJ, é preso acusado de envolvimento com o Comando Vermelho |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/th-joias-deputado-estadual-do-rj-e-preso-acusado-de-envolvimento-com-o-comando-vermelho/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250905122442/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/th-joias-deputado-estadual-do-rj-e-preso-acusado-de-envolvimento-com-o-comando-vermelho/ |archive-date=September 5, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[CartaCapital]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Civil police investigations also indicate that Thiego allegedly negotiated arms deals with the [[Comando Vermelho]] (CV), a criminal organization founded in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodrigues |first=Cleber |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Investigações apontam que policiais escoltavam traficantes do CV |url=https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sudeste/rj/investigacoes-apontam-que-policiais-escoltavam-traficantes-do-cv/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910123343/https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/sudeste/rj/investigacoes-apontam-que-policiais-escoltavam-traficantes-do-cv/ |archive-date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[CNN Brasil]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> The [[Federal Police of Brazil|Federal Police]] (PF) found the photos, including one of TH Joias in bed next to 5 million [[reais]] inside a house.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2025 |title=PF encontra foto de deputado TH Jóias na cama com R$ 5 milhões; veja |url=https://iclnoticias.com.br/pf-encontra-foto-de-deputado-th-joias/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908132027/https://iclnoticias.com.br/pf-encontra-foto-de-deputado-th-joias/ |archive-date=September 8, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=ICL Notícias |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Carone |first=Carlos |date=September 6, 2025 |title=Na cama com R$ 5 milhões: ex-deputado TH Joias ostentava fortuna do CV {{!}} Metrópoles |url=https://www.metropoles.com/distrito-federal/na-mira/na-cama-com-r-5-milhoes-ex-deputado-th-joias-ostentava-fortuna-do-cv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910124736/https://www.metropoles.com/distrito-federal/na-mira/na-cama-com-r-5-milhoes-ex-deputado-th-joias-ostentava-fortuna-do-cv |archive-date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Metrópoles]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Thiego had already been arrested on another occasion, when he was sentenced to 14 years, eleven months, and 22 days in prison by the Rio de Janeiro Court in 2022 for drug trafficking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Processo restrito – Processo nº 002XXXX-82.2017.8.19.0000 |url=https://www.jusbrasil.com.br/processos/154835084/processo-n-002XXXX-8220178190000-do-tjrj |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=Jusbrasil |language=pt-BR}}</ref> He served almost ten months in prison between 2017 and 2018, and can only take office as a congressman thanks to a writ of ''[[habeas corpus]]'' that allows him to appeal the sentence while remaining free.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2025 |title=TH Joias: polícia investiga lavagem de dinheiro com 'cordões do tráfico' |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2025/09/09/cordoes-trafico-th-joias-simbolos.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910124213/https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2025/09/09/cordoes-trafico-th-joias-simbolos.htm |archive-date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Universo Online]]}}</ref>
After his arrest, the MDB announced TH Joias' expulsion from the party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Coutinho |first=José |date=September 8, 2025 |title=Deitado em dinheiro, deputado TH Joias é preso por ligação com CV |url=https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/2025-09-08/th-joias-cv-preso-deputado.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908130841/https://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/2025-09-08/th-joias-cv-preso-deputado.html |archive-date=September 8, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Internet Group|Portal iG]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zarur |first=Camila |last2=Saraiva |first2=Alessandra |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Presidente do MDB diz que deputado estadual supostamente envolvido com facção criminosa será expulso do partido |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2025/09/03/presidente-do-mdb-diz-que-deputado-estadual-supostamente-envolvido-com-faco-criminosa-ser-expulso-do-partido.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904003653/https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2025/09/03/presidente-do-mdb-diz-que-deputado-estadual-supostamente-envolvido-com-faco-criminosa-ser-expulso-do-partido.ghtml |archive-date=September 4, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Valor Econômico]] |language=pt-br}}</ref> On September 8, 2025, the {{Interlanguage link|Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region|pt|Tribunal Regional Federal da 2.ª Região}} (TRF-2) voted to uphold Thiego's preventive detention.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prado |first=Anita |date=September 9, 2025 |title=Defesa de TH Joias, ex-deputado do RJ preso por elo com o CV, fala em 'perseguição política' |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/defesa-de-th-joias-ex-deputado-do-rj-preso-por-elo-com-o-cv-fala-em-perseguicao-politica/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250908222258/https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/defesa-de-th-joias-ex-deputado-do-rj-preso-por-elo-com-o-cv-fala-em-perseguicao-politica/ |archive-date=September 8, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Veja (magazine)|Veja]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> Claudio Castro dismissed Rafael Picciani from the position of Secretary of State, which led to Picciani returning to Alerj.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Castro publica exoneração de Rafael Picciani; o agora ex-secretário vai assumir o lugar de TH Joias na Assembleia Legislativa – Tempo Real |url=https://temporealrj.com/castro-publica-exoneracao-de-rafael-picciani-o-agora-ex-secretario-vai-assumir-o-lugar-de-th-joias-na-assembleia-legislativa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250910130407/https://temporealrj.com/alerj-aprova-em-plenario-indicacoes-de-castro-para-conselheiros-da-agenersa/?rbsnp=1 |archive-date=September 10, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=Tempo Real |language=pt-BR}}</ref> As an alternate, Thiego lost his seat in the State Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zarur |first=Camila |date=September 4, 2025 |title=Rafael Picciani reassume mandato na Assembleia do RJ para tirar vaga de TH Joias, preso pela PF |url=https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2025/09/04/rafael-picciani-reassume-mandato-na-assembleia-do-rj-para-tirar-vaga-de-th-joias-preso-pela-pf.ghtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904182040/https://valor.globo.com/politica/noticia/2025/09/04/rafael-picciani-reassume-mandato-na-assembleia-do-rj-para-tirar-vaga-de-th-joias-preso-pela-pf.ghtml |archive-date=September 4, 2025 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Valor Econômico]] |language=pt-br}}</ref>
==== Electoral performance ==== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Position !Party !Votes !Result !Ref. |- |2022 |[[2022 Rio de Janeiro gubernatorial election|State deputy of Rio de Janeiro]] |[[Brazilian Democratic Movement]] |15 105 |{{Yes2|Alternate}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deputados estaduais eleitos no Rio de Janeiro: apuração e resultados das Eleições 2022 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/rj/deputado-estadual.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207195858/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/eleicoes/2022/apuracao/1turno/rj/deputado-estadual.shtml |archive-date=December 7, 2024 |access-date=September 10, 2025 |website=[[Folha de S.Paulo]] |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |}
== References ==
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