Brazil — Crime News in English
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- Man arrested for attempted feminicide after assaulting partner in Tanabi (SP)
- Man dies after being shot in João Pessoa city centre; 19-year-old youth wounded
- PM officer charged with qualified murder after killing Thawanna Salmázio in East Zone of SP
- FICCO/SP seizes 14 rifles and 7 pistols concealed in vehicle doors in São Paulo
- Trafficking at Guarulhos airport: employees recruited and nearly five tonnes seized in 2026
- Young man and teenager shot dead in Barra Mansa residence
- Stabbing in Piratininga square (SP) following disagreement leaves man seriously injured
- Man arrested in police operation with illegal revolver in São Gonçalo do Piauí
- Four arrested for murder in Independência (CE) following escape and police siege
- Man who ordered wife's murder in Viçosa (MG) arrested 21 years after the crime
- Two brothers wanted for robbery arrested on same day in São Manuel (SP)
- Over 100 kg of drugs seized on bus on BR-135 in Curvelo (MG)
- Man who contracted wife's murder in Viçosa (MG) arrested 21 years after the crime
- Operation Checkmate arrests 7 in Araçatuba for drug trafficking
- Federal Police identifies $9m shortfall in funds for 'Dark Horse' film about Bolsonaro
- Armed factions control 31% of Rio and advance in national politics
- Betting company linked to INSS fraud investigator financed Flávio Bolsonaro's flights in Europe
- Operation Chronos arrests two members of 'Rolex Gang' for thefts worth R$ 480,000 in Porto Alegre
- Two men arrested for drug trafficking in Aldeias Altas (MA); gun adapted as machine gun seized
- Rota completes 56 years: 2,100 arrests and 7.7 tonnes of drugs seized in São Paulo
- Operation Iron Ladies arrests suspects in sexual crimes and domestic violence in São Paulo's east zone
- Man wanted for murder in Betim arrested in São Paulo after eight years evading justice
- 62-year-old man arrested for storing child sexual abuse material in Itanhaém (SP)
- Man arrested for firing weapon during fight with 15-year-old who attempted to steal his car in Franca (SP)
- Rota marks 56 years: 2,100 arrests and 7.7 tonnes of drugs seized in São Paulo
- Josevan Dionísio sentenced to 28 years for death of Mãe Bernadete in quilombo settlement
- Operation Polarity: Federal Police seize four pistols at shops in Magé and Duque de Caxias
- Operation Staging: event contract fraud in Rio Claro (SP) exceeds R$ 2 million
- Former Miguelópolis mayor sentenced for misconduct in fraudulent tenders
- Operation Bifronte arrests four in Uberlândia for international drug trafficking
- Mary Hellen, Brazilian woman convicted of trafficking in Thailand, returns to Brazil
- Operation Hidden Credit: R$ 11.6 billion scheme investigates purchase of Tobras fuel distributor
- Two arrested over multi-million-pound jewellery theft at Oscar Freire, SP; jewels recovered
- Man sentenced to 16 years for fraud arrested in Rio with luxury armoured cars
- Former Russian soldier sentenced to life imprisonment captured in Salvador following Interpol alert
- Influencer and lawyer arrested for cocaine trafficking linked to Italian 'Ndrangheta
- Eduardo Bolsonaro: arrest warrant issued and passports cancelled following four-year sentence
- Young man shot 27 times by police officers in Moema, São Paulo, after being mistaken for armed individual
- Two brothers shot in rural area of Acrelândia, in Acre; perpetrator unknown
- Russian sentenced to life imprisonment arrested in Salvador during Operation Artemis
- Police pursuit in São Paulo's South Zone leaves one dead and one injured
- Russian fugitive arrested in Salvador on suspicion of trafficking in arms and drugs in Bahia
- Three candidates suspected of organised crime links elected in Rio and São Paulo
- Brazil outside Shield of the Americas as regional crackdown on crime advances
- Remains of bricklayer killed in 'crime tribunal' found in banana plantation in Itanhaém
- Hostage situation involving 13 infants at Curitiba school – perpetrator dead after intervention
- Brazil: 13 children held hostage in kindergarten freed by police, hostage-taker shot dead
- Police kills hostage-taker and rescues 13 children at daycare in Brazil
- Fake police officer arrested in Bom Retiro with uniform and fake gun following robberies
- Man with knife takes 13 children hostage in Curitiba school and is killed by police
- Brazilian police rescue 13 children taken hostage at Curitiba school
- Armed man holds 20 children hostage in Curitiba school, Brazil
- 17-year-old girl suspected of killing influencer in Teresina investigated for another murder
- Man found bound in boot in Embu das Artes; two suspects arrested
- DJ Dani Brasil charged with homicide after hitting and dragging homeless man 400 metres in São Paulo
- Seven arrested and 20 warrants executed in anti-drugs operation in Teresina
- Arrest warrant issued for Eduardo Bolsonaro weeks before Brazilian runoff vote
- Minister Fux requests access to confidential proceedings against Bolsonaro at the Supreme Court
- Operation Spectrum IV arrests three men wanted for homicide in Várzea Paulista
- Operation Clã arrests three suspects for drug trafficking in São Paulo das Missões