Brazil's Gangs Invade Once-Sheltered Turf. Drug Wars Felt Even in Wealthy Areas. December 14, 2002 More than ...

A vehicle set on fire during riots at Rio Comprido shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Authorities say that gang members, have erected roadblocks on major highways to rob motorists, torched more ...

Exploding ATMs add another complication to Rio de Janeiro's chronic security crisis, spreading fear among the public and dealing a blow to property prices for residents with homes near banks.

Brazil already has the world’s third-largest prison population, yet its urban slums are largely governed by prison gangs.That’s no coincidence. As I’ve argued before at TMC, mass ...

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 ...

Brazil's gangs also import cocaine into the remote, northern Amazon region of the country along the so-called triple frontier with Colombia and Peru, according to federal police.

Drug gangs still reign in Rio favelas that have not seen pre-World Cup crackdowns and one former trafficker says: “My community lives in a constant war zone.” CNN values your feedback 1.

SAO PAULO – In an attempt to recruit more members, Brazil’s largest gang is taking a page from after-school programs and soccer teams. The Primeiro Comando da Capital cartel, or PCC, which ...

Gangs in some of Brazil’s poorest neighborhoods have, in the absence of state intervention, been imposing curfew on residents to curb the spread of the COVID-19, according to a report.

A deadly riot in southern Brazil illustrates how inhumane prison conditions and powerful prison gangs create an explosive situation, which authorities are sometimes tempted to resolve by negotiating ...

Drug gangs still reign in Rio favelas that have not seen pre-World Cup crackdowns and one former trafficker says: “My community lives in a constant war zone.” CNN values your feedback 1.