According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.

Several cities in north east Brazil are suffering from serious unrest caused by marauding criminal gangs. For the third night, gang members set buses ablaze and carried out gun attacks on ...

The PCC is taking over illegal gold mining in the Amazon and corrupting Indigenous cultures in a spiral of violence in some of Brazil’s most remote regions.

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 ...

Gangs were present this year in 260 of 772 municipalities in the region, compared with 178 in 2023, according to the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety. The entrenchment of “mafia-like ...

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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Drug smugglers are increasingly targeting bulkers at northern Brazil ports to carry illicit cargoes, using hiding places on ...

Criminal gangs burnt buses, shops and banks in response to tougher prison measures About 300 troops have been sent to the north-eastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza to tackle a surge in criminal ...

The 35.000-strong Brazilian gang linked to the Aragua Train ... operating in Chile or if they simply have agreements with local gangs. This is a matter that is being investigated by the ...