The Primeiro Comando da Capital ("Capital's First Command", Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmejɾu koˈmɐ̃du da kapiˈtaw], PCC) is a Brazilian organized crime syndicate. According to a …

Oct 11, 2024 · The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) is Brazil’s biggest and best-organized criminal network. It arose in São Paulo in the 1990s and has …

he PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital, or First Capital Command) may be the world’s most successful prison gang, having grown in less than three decades into a transnational criminal …

Feb 19, 2019 · Soon after this first collective action, and less than a decade after its establishment, the PCC adopted an action plan that would define it as a “third-generation …

Mar 31, 2024 · Primeiro Capital Command (PCC) has emerged as Latin America’s biggest gang, with massive growth over three decades. There are an estimated 40,000 lifetime members …

Dec 14, 2020 · In 2018, several PCC leaders held in São Paulo’s Presidente Venceslau state prison were found to be plotting an escape, which would use African mercenaries, helicopters, …

Mar 28, 2024 · Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) is a Brazilian criminal organisation. The gang is inspired by Comando Vermelho, one of its main rivals. Both criminal organisations were …

Mar 9, 2021 · The Rise of the PCC: How South America's Most Powerful Prison Gang is Spreading in Brazil and Beyond. Over the past thirty years, the Primeiro Comando da Capital …

Nov 23, 2023 · In August 1993 a game in a São Paulo jail ended in horrific fashion. Eight inmates attacked their opponents, killing at least two. Covered in blood, they proclaimed the birth of a …

Feb 19, 2025 · Instead, the gang has developed encrypted communication methods and diversified its criminal enterprises, including human trafficking and illegal mining. PCC …