RIO DE JANEIRO(AP) — Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday launched a mega-operation to dismantle fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, in the latest phase of an investigation targeting criminal gangs.

The Ashaninka Indigenous people — who recovered their territory in the Brazilian border with Peru from settlers three decades ago, established and sustained their own governance, and grew crops while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: People walk past a sign reading "PCC", referring to Brazilian drug gang Primeiro Comando da Capital, after U.S.

SAO PAULO, May 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday blasted a U.S. decision to designate two Brazilian drug gangs as terrorist organizations, calling it undue ...

A police operation in Brazil revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established presence in the country.

SAO PAULO, July 15 (Reuters) - Prosecutors and police in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday said they charged 22 people with laundering $20 million for two Brazilian gangs designated by the U.S. as terrorist ...

A leader in one of Brazil’s most powerful criminal gangs implicated in cocaine trafficking has been murdered along with another gang member, local media reported on Sunday. Rogerio Jeremias de Simone, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The U.S. State Department announced Thursday the designation of two gangs, the Commando Vermelho (CV) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital ...

When beheaded, disemboweled corpses stacked up in Brazilian jails, it looked like bloody chaos caused by overcrowding. But experts see method in last week’s madness. They say it was part of a war ...

Brazilian gangs are now integral players feeding Europe's cocaine market, valued at more than 9 billion euros ($10.15 billion), according to a Reuters analysis of customs data on cocaine seizures, ...