The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) was inspired by the Red Command (Comando Vermelho). Both criminal organizations were formed by prisoners as self-protection groups in Brazil's brutal prison system.
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The PCC appears to be providing support to illegal miners in the Yanomami territory in Brazil's northern state of Roraima.
Santiago Peña won Sunday’s election for Paraguay’s presidency. But questions remain about how the country’s corruption problems will be solved.
Record seizures of cocaine in Portugal have raised fears Brazil's PCC may be getting increasingly involved.
East and Southern Africa are receiving much larger cocaine shipments from South America than previously imagined.
Rocco Morabito embodied the 'Ndrangheta business model in Latin America. Read about his incredible story here.
Bolivia's cocaine trade is on the up. Originally a coca leaf cultivator, Bolivia has moved to cocaine production.
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