Religion serves as a powerful organizing force for crime gangs in Brazil and much of Latin America, offering a mixture of ...

Closely tied to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta and organised crime groups across the Balkans, the Primeiro Comando da Capital is thought to be Latin America’s largest gang.

Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for decades. By Ana Ionova Photographs by Dado Galdieri Ana Ionova and Dado ...

BRASILIA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia state in the Brazilian Amazon, where gang members have clashed ...

Drug-dealing behind two recent violent deaths in Greater Lisbon; Both victims targeted by Brazilian drug gangs ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police killed six suspects Friday during an operation to dismantle a gang accused of planning large-scale bank robberies, authorities said. Police in the southern ...

While Brazil's Amazon region has for decades struggled with conflicts over land as farms expanded into the forest, the more recent violence is connected to disputes among gangs to control key drug ...

Thirteen Dead in Clashes Between Police and Gangs in Brazilian Amazon City By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho ...