The coordinator of the Center for Security and Citizenship Studies considers the operation an example of the lack of a clear strategy on the part of the authorities
Rio’s governor echoes Trump’s rhetoric on ‘narco-terrorists’ and places the issue at the center of 2026 presidential campaign
The Rio de Janeiro gang, the target of a bloody police operation, was born in prison almost half a century ago
Residents found more than 70 bodies following the previous day’s raid aimed at halting the spread of organized crime
Authorities were targeting Comando Vermelho, which has become Brazil’s second most powerful criminal organization
The demolition of illegal properties belonging to drug traffickers and paramilitary militias resulted in a blow of more than $300 million over five years
Using artificial intelligence, a vast municipal video surveillance network scans the faces of passersby day and night, hunting for fugitives and criminals
On the border between Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, a common front comprised of Colombian dissidents, Brazilian organized crime groups and Peruvian drug traffickers is overwhelming the authorities