Officials say the Trump administration is blocking some of Brazil’s efforts to expand cooperation on fighting transnational ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has followed through with some of his campaign promises to crack down on crime. His administration has issued a decree allowing for greater gun ownership as a means ...

In Brazil, express kidnapping, in which criminals take people hostage at gunpoint to withdraw cash from several ATMs or ...

Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and environmental crime can be measured in the tens of billions of dollars ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will discuss cooperation in the fight against organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, Brazil's finance ...

Gunmen in a car opened fire in November at São Paulo's airport and killed a cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a daytime hit that was one of Brazil's most shocking recent crimes. Police at the scene ...

A new anti-crime bill in Brazil targets the son of a jailed Red Command gang leader who is using his music to advocate for his father’s freedom. But the measure is unlikely to have much impact on ...

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, June 25 (Reuters) - Right-wing candidates in Brazil have vowed to import El Salvador's "Bukele model," building prisons and cracking down on crime like that country's iron-fisted ...

For the first time in NFL history, the league is bringing its product to Brazil. Sao Paulo is the site for the first-ever NFL contest in the country, as the Eagles and the Packers are going ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Robert Muggah is affiliated with Igarapé Institute and ...