Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion ...

One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...