On the Radar: Latin America Blurs the Line Between Crime and Terrorism
This week, we look at the recent designation of two Brazilian powerhouse gangs as terrorist organizations in Paraguay, the passing…
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…
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…
Brazil’s Gangs Expand Their Control Over Internet Services
Attacks and extortion of internet service providers by Brazilian gangs is becoming increasingly common in states in the north and…
How Criminal Groups Have Adapted to the Digital Age
The cyber world is constantly evolving, and criminal groups in Latin America are adapting their modus operandi to make the…
Top-Down Peace, Bottom-Up War: The Collapse of Brazil’s Gang Alliance
The imperfect peace established in February between Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups has become a failed truce after just two…
Brazil’s ‘Anti-Oruam’ Bill Won’t Stop Crime Crooners
A new anti-crime bill in Brazil targets the son of a jailed Red Command gang leader who is using his…
Brazil’s PCC-Red Command Truce Promises an Imperfect Peace
A recent truce between Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations could reduce territorial disputes and violence in Latin America’s biggest nation,…
Crime and Religion in Brazil: The Expansion of Rio’s Pure Third Command
In a powerful illustration of how religion mixes with crime, Brazilian police scaled a water tank in a Rio de…