A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and ...

Humans are trafficked for two main reasons: sexual exploitation, mostly of women and girls, and forced labour, which ensnares ...

Jan Onoszko, our correspondant in Rio de Janeiro, has more.

Jan Onoszko, our correspondant in Rio de Janeiro, has more.

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

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil will seek U.S. cooperation in fighting organized crime in its fuel ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian authorities arrested five police officers accused of trying to resell a rifle seized during a raid that left 122 dead last month in Rio de Janeiro, the state's ...

On November 25th Jair Messias Bolsonaro, Brazil’s hard-right former president, began a 27-year jail sentence for attempting a ...

Brazilian police have launched a major operation to dismantle a tax evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector.

Police arrest a suspect during a raid against alleged drug traffickers of the Comando Vermelho criminal organization in the Alemao favela complex, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 28, 2025 (Agencia ...

Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.