The U.S. expressed condolences to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state for the four police officers killed in a raid that left over ...

On 30 October, days after the largest police massacre in the history of a city infamous for them, which left at ...

Wholesale prices are in the gutter across much of Europe, forcing drug smugglers to try to manipulate the market. OCCRP ...

From the bustling streets of Belém to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, organized crime is spreading fast across northern ...

Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to disrupt the criminal network Comando Vermelho, but with 132 dead ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday his government will push for an ...

Indigenous communities on the remote border between Peru and Brazil are alarmed over the growing presence of Brazil's Comando ...

A TRAVEL blogger was fatally shot in the head while travelling in a taxi when a sudden gang shootout broke out in Brazil.

The positive assessment had already been made by Governor Cláudio Castro, when commenting on the action against the Comando ...

A recent report from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) found a link between Brazil's infamous Comando Vermelho group's gun supply and Paraguay. Arms legally imported to that country end up in ...

Two suspects have been arrested in Saturday night's mass stabbing incident on a British train, while police dismissed ...

Authorities confiscated more than $2 million worth of weapons during a recent anti-drug raid in Rio de Janeiro, the deadliest in Brazil's history, the state government said Saturday.