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 ...

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

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.

Thirteen people have died in recent gang-related violence in Porto Velho, Brazil, highlighting concerns about gangs' growing influence. The Comando Vermelho gang has clashed with police, leading to ...

Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for decades. By Ana Ionova Photographs by Dado Galdieri Ana Ionova and Dado ...

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 ...

More than 2,500 firearms were recovered including mines, anti tank rockets and grenades, which apparently were heading for gangs in Brazil. Officials said some of the arms came from Germany ...

Diego Cuevas In one of these neighborhoods, graffiti does not only declare the names of Brazilian gangs — it also proclaims those of evangelical churches. The religious organizations have become the ...

A Colorado apartment complex where armed members of a Venezuelan gang were caught on video entering a unit last summer is expected to close in about a month under an emergency court order ...

Robert De Niro is a two-hit wonder in the trailer for the upcoming gangster film “The Alto Knights” from Barry Levinson. De Niro stars in a double role as both mob bosses Vito Genovese and ...

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – The UK government and police have “given up” controlling airspace over two jails, allowing gangs to threaten national security by using drones to deliver drugs ...

The grooming gangs scandal is back in the headlines after Elon Musk attacked Sir Keir Starmer and minister Jess Phillips for failing children. The tech billionaire has accused Sir Keir of being ...