Tag: violent crime Brazil

• 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.