Brazil Gang Impersonates Federal Police to Steal Millions in Gold
In a heist, straight from a movie plot, a Brazilian gang drove onto the tarmac of a São Paulo airport...
July 26, 2019
Latest Intercept “Vaza Jato” Leaks Show Prosecutors Suspect Flávio Bolsonaro
The Brazilian franchise of The Intercept released the eleventh part of its “Vaso Jato” private message leaks Sunday
July 22, 2019
Police in Rio de Janeiro Conduct Largest Ever Drug Bust
Rio police conducted its largest drug seizure to date during an operation targeting organized crime in the north zone neighborhood...
July 19, 2019
Brazilian Drug Kingpins Flaunt Power Through Jewelry
Throughout Brazil, authorities are seizing significant quantities of gold and diamonds in the forms of ostentatious jewelry worn by high...
July 15, 2019
Family Struggles to Recover Body of Dead American from Brazil
American musician Danielle Davila was found by authorities dead and naked in her rented room in Paraty three weeks ago,...
July 12, 2019
Brazil’s Chernobyl in Retrospect
With the world still reeling from the Chernobyl disaster a year before, on Sept. 13, 1987, in Goiânia Brazil, two...
July 8, 2019
Itaboraí: The Brazilian City Controlled by Militias
Just 40 km from Rio de Janeiro, the city of Itaboraí has been taken over by a dangerous militia that...
July 5, 2019
Death of Drug Trafficker may Bring Violence to Rio’s Ilha do Governador
Fernando Gomes de Freitas, known as Fernandinho Guarabu, controlled the drug trade on Rio's governor's island for 15 years, an...
June 28, 2019
Politicians Aim to Weaken Brazil’s Proposed Anti-Crime Legislation
A package of anti-crime laws proposed by the Jair Bolsonaro government is facing significant changes by Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies.
June 24, 2019