4 Ways AI Is Shaping Organized Crime in Latin America
With access to artificial intelligence increasing rapidly, some of Latin America’s organized crime groups have begun wielding it for criminal…
Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Is on the Rise in Brazil
Police in São Paulo have frozen bank accounts holding over a billion dollars in an anti-money laundering operation that highlights…
Technology Is Increasingly at the Heart of Criminal Operations in Brazil
A multiagency force of federal and state authorities in Brazil dismantled communication towers and illegal cellphone shops, as organized crime…
What a Decade of Data Tells Us About Organized Crime in Brazil
Violence increased in parts of northern Brazil over the past decade as criminal factions, bolstered by mass incarceration, fought over…
DataInSights: Chop Shops Make a Comeback in São Paulo
Vehicle theft is back on the rise in São Paulo following years of decline, as criminal groups exploit supply chain…
Brazil’s PCC Wades into Municipal Contracts Game
A spate of arrests targeting politicians with gang links in the Brazilian state of São Paulo illustrates the ongoing evolution…
In Brazil, Old Police Tactics Lead to Same Results
Killings by police rose sharply in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in the first two months of 2024, as…
Despite Rumors of a Split, PCC Remains United
Although the murder of a PCC member in São Paulo sparked rumors of a rift within the group, it is…
Venezuela 2024: Elections and Criminal Consolidation
It is an election year in Venezuela, and President Nicolás Maduro is determined to cling to power. His criminal alliances…
Arms Trafficking Case Puts Europe-Paraguay Pipeline on the Map
Thousands of weapons trafficked from Europe and Turkey with the help of corrupt officials and later seized in Brazil has…