Express kidnappings rose 62.5 percent in 2011 in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, according to recently released government statistics. But one research organization has implied there may be reason to…
The city of Salvador in northeastern Brazil has suffered a crime wave since state police went on strike over pay and conditions, with demands echoing those of security officials in…
After months of negotiation, Bolivia has agreed to work with Brazil and the US to track coca cultivation, in an apparent policy shift for the government of Evo Morales.
Brazil, which borders on the world's three biggest cocaine producers, is increasingly moving to make itself a key force in regional anti-drug efforts, funneling security aid to its neighbors in…
Brazil's regional support in the fight against drugs grew further with the announcement it will donate four helicopters to Bolivia to help combat narco-trafficking.
Peruvian groups carry out illegal logging in Brazil before transporting the wood along tributaries of the Amazon into Peru, unhindered by law enforcement, reports O Globo.
A radio reporter may have been killed for angering drug traffickers in Brazil's northeastern state Bahia, where violent crime and drug trafficking has surged dramatically in recent years.
Rio-based blogger and journalist Julia Michaels parcels out the gems from two recent interviews of Rio State's Public Safety Secretary José Mariano Beltrame. The official's message concerning the state's vaunted…
Brazil's police seized 80 times more ecstasy tabs this year compared to 2010, a sign that availability of the synthetic drug is rising dramatically inside the country.
Authorities highlighed drug seizure and arrest statistics in an updated review of Brazil's $6.3 billion border security plan.
Police in Rio de Janeiro arrested 16 people, including 11 military police, accused of selling confiscated firearms to criminal groups.
The Brazilian government has announced a $2 billion dollar program aimed at curbing the spread of crack cocaine in the country.
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