Drug trafficker in Rio challenge authorities and the pacifying campaign in favelas

Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:17 UTC

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Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics. Read full article

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ChrisR
Well of course Brasil is aiming to be one of the big players on the world stage but I have a real fear that many football fans and their families will be targeted by these drug barons as well as the low life thugs.

But time will tell if I am wrong: I do hope I am wrong.
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Captain Poppy
It seems it took the Olympics to get this moving. What about the outlying areas?

Drugs are truly a scourge of the modern world and needs to be addressed with a world wide effort from both a supply and demand perspective. I wonder how many crimes with happen during the Olympics there?
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