The Mafia’s Grip on a Brazilian Lottery Seemed Invincible. Until the Apps Came.
Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for ...
The drug-trafficking Rio gangsters who see themselves as God's 'soldiers of crime'
When police in Rio de Janeiro seize blocks of cocaine and bundles of marijuana they may well find them branded with a ...
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Brazilian drug gang goes global, The Economist reports
Gakiya said he was targeted by the PCC According to an article in The Economist last week, Brazil's largest drug gang now has links throughout Europe. The First Capital Command (PCC), a gang ...
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Comando Vermelho, the Brazilian cartel that has penetrated the Colombian-Peruvian Amazon
The criminal organization has built strong alliances with illegal groups from neighboring countries. For many members, the ...
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Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds
Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence Credit: AP Credit: AP RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating ...
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The drug-trafficking Rio gangsters who see themselves as God's 'soldiers of crime'
Vital says Afro-Brazilian Umbanda and Candomblé religious houses have been shut down in surrounding neighbourhoods too, with gangsters sometimes drawing messages on the walls such as "Jesus is ...
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Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds
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 ...