Modern-Day Brazilian Pirates Try to Smuggle Drugs from Santos
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Federal Police in Brazil along with the country’s Naval...
August 14, 2018Topic
cocaine
Report Shows Eighty Percent of Crack Users in Rio are Male
According to the data from those seeking treatment in Rio de Janeiro state, inhaled cocaine is the cause of 58...
May 9, 2015
Federal Police Seize 3.7 Tons Of Cocaine in Santos: Daily
Brazilian authorities have arrested 23 people and seized 3.7 tons of cocaine in the port of Santos, on the southern...
April 1, 2014
Forced Treatment for Brazil Crack Addicts
In an attempt to tackle Brazil’s crack epidemic, the city of Rio de Janeiro has begun a program of involuntary...
February 26, 2013
Brazil Focuses on Policing its Borders
Brazil has made strides in its efforts to stem the flow of drugs, arms and other contraband through its long...
January 22, 2013
Brazil Now 2nd in Cocaine, Crack Use: Daily
Brazil is the world's second largest consumer of cocaine and crack, behind only the United States, according to a survey...
September 6, 2012
Increased Police Presence in Rocinha: Daily
Policing has increased in the Rocinha favela of Rio following the discovery of three male bodies in the early hours...
March 20, 2012
Rio Seeks R$4B to Fight Crack: Daily
Rio's Department of Social Assistance is requesting R$4 billion of federal money to put towards the city’s fight against growing...
December 13, 2011
Oxi Drug Reaches Rio de Janeiro
The deadly and highly addictive drug, oxi, has reached Niterói in Rio de Janeiro.
June 7, 2011