Tag: Brazilean Police

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazilian police seek the arrest of Paraguay ex president Cartes on money laundering

  

  Brazilian police are seeking the arrest of Paraguay’s ex-President Horacio Cartes as part of an investigation into money laundering. On Tuesday, Brazilian authorities alleged Cartes provided US$500,000 to a criminal organization at the request of Dario Messer, a Brazilian associate who was then a fugitive facing corruption charges, prosecutors told reporters.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazilian police in major operation against the country's most powerful gang

  

  Brazilian police on Tuesday carried out a major operation against the First Capital Command (PCC) gang, in the latest attempt to try to hobble the country’s most powerful and sophisticated organized crime group.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2016 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazilian police killed an average of nine people per day during 2015

  

  An average of nine people were killed per day at the hands of Brazil's notoriously violent police force in 2015, an increase from last year despite a nationwide drop in murder rates. In 2015, 3,345 people were allegedly killed during “police interventions” across Brazil, up 6.3% from the previous year's count of 3,146. The statistics come from the 10th Public Security Yearbook published by the Brazilian Forum on Public Security.

• Tuesday, November 11th 2014 - 10:04 UTC

  Violent crime costs Brazil 5.4% of GDP; 2.212 people dead in police operations

  

  Violent crime cost Brazil 258 billion Reais (about 100 billion dollars) in 2013, a figure equivalent to 5.4% of the country's GDP, according to the new Brazilian Public Safety Annual Report, in which it is stated that an average of six people died in police operations each day during the year.

• Monday, March 31st 2014 - 13:02 UTC

  Federal troops move into Rio favelas to secure access to Galeao airport

  

  Brazilian police backed by troops occupied a massive favela next to Rio de Janeiro's international airport without firing a shot to secure one of the city's most violent neighborhoods long run by drug dealers.