Red Command

A police operation in Antares favela, Rio de Janeiro

Brazil’s Red Command and the Police Who Fight Them

by Ioan Grillo 10 Sep 201424 Apr 2023

A family flees gang-security force clashes in Rio

Internal Displacement in Brazil: An Inconvenient Truth?

by Marguerite Cawley 26 Aug 201424 Apr 2023

Has the UPP program led to criminal migration

Has Rio’s ‘Pacification’ Simply Pushed Crime to the City Limits?

by Geoffrey Ramsey 12 Aug 201424 Apr 2023

A crack sales point in Rio de Janeiro

Inside the ‘Cracklands’ of Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas

by José Luis Pardo and Alejandra S. Inzunza 11 Aug 201424 Apr 2023

SENAD workers stand around a skull

Paraguay’s Marijuana Trade: The Bitter Green Smell of the Red Land

by Pablo Ferri and José Luis Pardo 4 Aug 201424 Apr 2023

A military police officer in Complexo do Alemao

Brief

Deadly Clashes in Rio Slum Complex Signal Pacification Flaws

by Marguerite Cawley 31 Jul 201424 Apr 2023

Manaus will host England and the USA in the World Cup

Soccer and Security in Brazil: Organized Crime in Manaus

by Rafael Salies 9 Jun 201424 Apr 2023

Pele (left) with his son Edinho (right)

Brief

Son of Brazil Soccer Legend Pele Laundered Drug Money

by Mimi Yagoub 2 Jun 201424 Apr 2023

Eduardo Herculano da Silva, alias "Airplane"

Brief

Brazil Capture Shows Foreign Ties of Red Command Cocaine Brokers

by Marguerite Cawley 5 May 201424 Apr 2023

A UPP post attacked in March 2014

Brief

Rising Attacks on Rio Police Bad Sign as Brazil World Cup Nears

by Marguerite Cawley 2 May 201424 Apr 2023

Ecstasy lab in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

Brief

Paraguay’s First Ecstasy Lab Shows Brazil Criminal Migration

by Mimi Yagoub 25 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

Brief

Brazil Arrests Disrupt Red Command’s Drug, Gun Supply

by Michael Lohmuller 9 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

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