Brazilian authorities say a civil police officer co-piloting a helicopter has been shot in the head while authorities conducted an operation in Rio de Janeiro ...

One man who has experience of crime and religion – though ... for allegedly ordering armed men to attack an Afro-Brazilian temple in another favela. While allegations of religious extremism ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Brazil’s favelas are infamously densely neighborhoods, often featuring small, ramshackle apartments and shops. They’re overpopulated, unsanitary and hotbeds of crime usually avoided by police ...

Rocinha is one of the shanty towns in Brazil that have been changed ... Some may turn to crime or prostitution. Housing Favela houses are built using whatever materials that can be found ...

The story tackles themes such as violence, poverty, crime and corruption, depicting the harsh reality of the Brazilian ...