Police in Piauí, Brazil, seized a drug dealer's parrot that had been used as a lookout to alert gang members of approaching ...

from favelas in Brazil to gangs in Sweden. And he also explores other topics like rhino poaching in South Africa and illegal gold mining in Colombia. He wanted to understand why they had chosen a life ...

Much of the Brazilian drug trade is concentrated in Rio de Janeiro, where the lower levels of trafficking hierarchy are dominated by organized crime gangs ensconced in the favelas. Battles for ...

Police ride past residents in a bulldozer they use to clear street barricades during a security operation against organized crime in the Mare Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 9, ...

Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located in the southern ... diarrhoea and other diseases. Organised crime and gang violence are also common. Unemployment rates are high (up to ...

The Brazilian Federal Police announced ... can be cleaned from organized crime and the drug cartels operating mostly in the favelas, where millions of Brazilians live, next to the rich and famous.

A new anti-crime bill in Brazil targets the son of a jailed Red Command gang leader ... “On top of being a young black man from the favela, who sings rap, trap, and funk, he is the son of Marcinho VP.

Thousands of Brazilian army troops raided Rio de Janeiro slums in a pre-dawn crackdown on crime gangs over the weekend ... of the Olympic Games. Five favelas were targeted by around 1,300 police ...