How Religious Militias and Warrior Mentalities Mix in Rio de Janeiro
BRAZIL
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5 SEP 2022
Brazil's city of Rio de Janeiro is suffering a major security crisis, as gender and religion affect organized crime in the city.
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NEWS
BRAZIL
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30 MAY 2022
A continuing campaign of terror against Red Command neighborhoods in Rio has done little but kill dozens of people.
BRAZIL
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25 MAR 2022
In many of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, criminal organizations are setting exorbitant prices for gas cylinders, knowing that residents will have no choice but to pay up.
BRAZIL
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27 JAN 2022
Residents in Rio de Janeiro's marginalized favelas are contending with yet another massive police operation promising to deliver a true state presence. That is, once the territory has been reclaimed…
BRAZIL
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17 JAN 2022
The death of a top Red Command leader near Rio de Janeiro raises questions about the success of coordinated attempts to weaken one of Brazil’s toughest gangs, both materially and…
BRAZIL
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16 JUN 2021
Rio de Janeiro’s foremost militia leader has been gunned down by police, potentially shattering the belief that militias in the city were protected due to connections with authorities. But was…
BRAZIL
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10 JUN 2021
By undercutting legal streaming apps, militia groups are providing an illegal television service to millions of households in Brazil, earning them a fortune and bankrolling other criminal activities.
BRAZIL
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9 JUN 2021
Manaus, the economic heart of Brazil’s Amazon, has come under siege from the Red Command gang after the killing of a top drug leader. But these attacks may be the…
BRAZIL GROUPS
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AUGUST 13, 2021
Escritório do Crime is one of the largest and most powerful militia groups in Brazil’s second-largest city, Rio de Janeiro.
BRAZIL
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8 JAN 2021
As part of a mounting campaign going after criminal finances, police in Rio de Janeiro have asked courts to seize control of legal businesses used by militia groups to launder…
BRAZIL MILITIAS
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29 DEC 2020
As COVID-19 threatened the well-being of the populations they depend on for criminal income, it was largely in the interest of criminal groups to try and keep the pandemic under…
BRAZIL
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24 NOV 2020
Political assassinations have marred successive Brazilian elections but the pace of these killings has more than doubled in 2020, with the power of militia groups blamed for much of the…
BRAZIL
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16 AUG 2019
New details about militias in Brazil’s rural areas reveal how these criminal groups have spread rapidly in strategic regions around the country.
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