Tag: organized crime

• Wednesday, September 17th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

  Chile creates Prosecutor's Office to tackle transnational crime

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font signed into law on Tuesday the bill creating the Supra-Territorial Prosecutor's Office, designed to tackle organized crime and complex, transnational illicit activities more effectively.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 22:37 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree to deepen fight against organized crime along the border

  

  Authorities from Uruguay and Brazil defense authorities have held bilateral meetings towards coordinating joint efforts along the border between the two countries to carry out operations against drug trafficking and organized crime in the area.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazilian Justice minister Moro blames organized crime for the hacking of his messages

  

  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Wednesday that a criminal organization was responsible for leaks of his private messages as a federal judge, which raised questions about his ethics while overseeing a major corruption probe.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Collapsed buildings in Rio's favelas were under protection of organized crime

  

  Brazilian authorities say they knew about structural risks in the area where a pair of buildings collapsed but were unable to act due to the threat posed by organized crime.

• Monday, January 7th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Organized crime challenges Bolsonaro despite deployment of federal forces

  

  The attacks and fire-bombings sweeping Brazil's northeastern state of Ceara continued unabated Sunday despite the deployment of at least 300 members the elite, military-style National Police Force to help bring an end to the violence.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 04:35 UTC

  Sao Paulo City gripped in a “civil war” between organized crime and the police, says top Judge

  

  A Brazilian magistrate described the wave of killings in Sao Paulo city as a ‘civil war’ between organized crime and unsupported police forces to which the local population is closing its eyes.