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 ...

The gang selling these branded drugs is the ... for allegedly ordering armed men to attack an Afro-Brazilian temple in another favela. While allegations of religious extremism in Rio's favelas ...

According to an article in The Economist last week, Brazil's largest drug gang now has links throughout ... particularly in the favelas (slums), FARC-style. Finally, the PCC is said to be ...

Police operation against drug gang in Parada de Lucas community, in Rio de Janeiro 34,691 people played the daily Crossword ...

Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located in the southern ... Organised crime and gang violence are also common. Unemployment rates are high (up to 50% in 2016) and many people ...

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 ...

ONE victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

"The guys there are afraid it is police or rival gangs," said Brazilian-American lawyer Victor Sarto, 41, who received a scolding at gunpoint when he and a group of friends ended up in a favela ...

Brazil's "Red Command ... But for the people of the favelas they control, Red Command *is* the government. They’re the de facto leadership of the area. The gang has taken over the role of ...

Urban communities such as Brazil’s favelas face harsh conditions of living ... It also showed that favela NGOs act as “parents by proxy”, competing directly with drug gangs to provide role models and ...