Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia state in the Brazilian Amazon, where gang members have clashed with police, raising concerns ...

At least 11 people have been killed in a week of clashes between Brazilian officers and one of the country's most powerful criminal groups in the Amazon region, according to a government report.

Brazilian authorities say police have killed six suspects during an operation to dismantle a gang accused of planning large-scale bank robberies.

When police in Rio de Janeiro seize blocks of cocaine and bundles of marijuana they may well find them branded with a ...

Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for ...

The wave of violence erupted after the murder of a military police officer on Sunday in the northwestern city of Porto Velho, ...

Brazilian law enforcement officials executed an operation that resulted in the deaths of six suspects implicated in planning ...

Gakiya said he was targeted by the PCC According to an article in The Economist last week, Brazil's largest drug gang now has links throughout Europe. The First Capital Command (PCC), a gang ...

Vital says Afro-Brazilian Umbanda and Candomblé religious houses have been shut down in surrounding neighbourhoods too, with gangsters sometimes drawing messages on the walls such as "Jesus is ...

When police in Rio de Janeiro seize blocks of cocaine and bundles of marijuana they may well find them branded with a religious symbol – the Star of David. This is not a reference to the Jewish ...