How Industrial-Scale Crypto Laundering Sustains Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade
On a hazy afternoon in May 2021, Daniel Gonzalez, alias “Rafael Arocho,” sped through Pasadena in a white Lexus packed…
On the Radar: Was Brazil’s Favela Police Op a Raid or a Massacre?
This week, we hold the line on more military strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific, mull the conviction of…
Ghost Guns Are Increasingly Empowering Brazil’s Powerful Gangs
A recent and extremely deadly anti-gang raid in Rio de Janeiro underscores both the escalating firepower of Brazil’s gangs and…
Escritório do Crime
Escritório do Crime was one of the largest and most powerful militia groups in Brazil’s second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro.…
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, alias ‘Marcola’
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, known by the aliases “Marcola” and “Playboy,” has been the top leader of Brazil’s biggest and…
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, alias ‘Marcola’
Marcos Willians Herbas Camacho, known by the aliases “Marcola” and “Playboy,” has been the top leader of Brazil’s biggest and…
Ghost Riders and Deepfake Doctors: Inside Brazil’s AI-Driven Crime Surge
Brazil’s criminal groups are weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI) to drive high-tech financial fraud, exploiting gaps in a fast-growing digital ecosystem…
Historic PCC Bust Spurs Brazil Crackdown on Digital Money Laundering
An investigation into a multibillion-dollar First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) money laundering scheme involving chemical imports,…
Brazil’s Red Command Turned Turf Control Into Ride-Hailing Monopoly
Brazil’s Red Command gang created its own Uber-style ride-hailing app, showing how Brazilian gangs are combining real-world territorial control and…
The Crime Wars Driving Rising Homicides in Ceará, Brazil
Local and national criminal networks battling over drug routes and markets have turned Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceará into one…