Red Command

Brief

Arrest of Rio Drug Kingpin Unlikely to Break Gang Control

by Angelika Albaladejo 6 Dec 201724 Apr 2023

Brief

Prison Massacre Charges Highlight Source of Brazil Security Crisis

by Parker Asmann 27 Nov 201724 Apr 2023

Bolivian Interior Minister Carlos Romero

Brief

Brazil Crime Groups Share Territorial Control in Bolivia: Minister

by Victoria Dittmar 19 Jul 201724 Apr 2023

Drug consumption and seizures are rising in Argentina

Rising Seizures and Consumption in Argentina – the Next Brazil?

by Parker Asmann 27 Jun 201724 Apr 2023

Police review seized rifles

Brief

US Rifles Fuel Brazil Gangs’ Expansion

by Felipe Puerta 5 Jun 201724 Apr 2023

Bolivia's Vice Minister of Citizen Security, Juan Carlos Aparicio

Brief

Arrests Suggest Brazilian Gangs Are Deepening Presence in Bolivia

by David Gagne 27 Apr 201724 Apr 2023

Authorities inspect the scene where a dismembered body was recently discovered

Brief

Is Gang War in Brazil Behind Recent Violence in Paraguay?

by Mike LaSusa 27 Mar 201724 Apr 2023

Jarvis PavÃ£o, the jailed drug trafficker whose brother Ronny was recently murdered

Brief

Killing on Brazil-Paraguay Border Is Latest Sign of Narco War

by Mike LaSusa 20 Mar 201724 Apr 2023

Brazil prisoners armed for battle (Source: YouTube)

Brazil Authorities Caught in Prison System’s Vicious Cycle

by Steven Dudley 19 Jan 201724 Apr 2023

Cocaine smuggling routes from Peru to Brazil

Brief

Lucrative Cocaine Trade Fuels Gang Presence in Brazil’s Amazon

by David Gagne 13 Jan 201724 Apr 2023

President Dilma Rousseff was removed from obvious amid a widening corruption scandal

GameChangers 2016: Elites, Organized Crime and Political Firestorms

by Steven Dudley and Jeremy McDermott 2 Jan 201724 Apr 2023

The acronyms of the warrying First Capital Command and the Red Command tagged on a wall.

Brazil’s Biggest Gang Challenging Rival’s Control in Rio

by Tristan Clavel 5 Dec 201624 Apr 2023

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