A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and ...

None of the 117 people killed by police were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis ...

Live on TV’ is a Brazilian true crime documentary film that chronicles the kidnapping and the untimely demise of 15-year-old ...

Organized crime in Brazil is sabotaging efforts to combat global warming. This issue has long been overlooked at climate conferences. Is that finally about to change?

Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.

From the bustling streets of Belém to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, organized crime is spreading fast across northern Brazil, driven by the notorious Red Command (Comando Vermelho, or CV).

The US is expected to soon designate Brazil’s two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations, a star prosecutor in the ...

The plot was led by former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.Brazil' s Supreme Court sentenced three soldiers and a federal ...

Two years after the murder of popular Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, her partner Monica Benicio has also won a ...

The Brazilian crime gangster series Rulers of Fortune has been handed a swift official season 2 pickup by Netflix after it ...