Criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and are now operating in nearly half of the region’s ...

Five Brazilian police officers were arrested for attempting to resell a seized rifle from a raid where 122 were killed, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent ...

By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The governor of Rio de Janeiro has touted the deadliest police raid in Brazilian history as a success, but none of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Hundreds of eager children on school field trips shuffled into the Rio zoo on a typically sunny morning two weeks ago. Heading for a stage where actors were about to put on a ...

The PCC is the largest criminal organisation in Brazil and has around 20,000 members — with some estimates stating that the ...

Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion into formal economic sectors that has caused billions in tax losses and ...

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Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published by the Brazilian Forum of Public Security By ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent ...