The US designated Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist organizations.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University (THE CONVERSATION) Brazil’s ...

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian police and tax officials carried out a series of raids early on Thursday across the country targeting multibillion-dollar money laundering and ...

Gunmen in a car opened fire in November at São Paulo's airport and killed a cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a daytime hit that was one of Brazil's most shocking recent crimes. Police at the scene ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday launched a new anti-organized crime plan, seeking to counter mounting security concerns five months before elections. Lula said the ...

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