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- Brazil: Federal Police chief suspended amid institutional crisis
- Supreme Court Minister releases former INSS Solicitor-General indicted for R$ 11.9 million embezzlement
- Drones become standard weapon for organised crime in Latin America, NGO warns
- Operation Trojan Horse targets fraud in R$ 5.2 billion procurement in Bauru
- Italy refuses to enforce sentence of Sicilian mafioso's son convicted of drug trafficking in São Paulo
- "Cabelera" arrested in Cubatão for involvement in kidnapping of lawyer linked to PCC
- Suspect in PCC 'crime tribunal' arrested in Cubatão following lawyer's abduction
- Suspect in femicide in Artur Nogueira is shot and arrested hidden under chicken coop
- Suspect turns himself in and confesses to killing young woman, daughter of police officers in Salvador
- Police officer arrested for feminicide in Embu das Artes following wife's death from gunshot to head
- PM officer arrested on suspicion of feminicide against wife in Embu das Artes
- Man wanted for bodily harm arrested while attempting to hide from police in Santos (SP)
- 15-year-old girl jumps from moving car to escape kidnapping in Rio de Janeiro
- Suspect confesses to shooting daughter of police officers during robbery in Salvador
- Brazil's Supreme Court in crisis: Judge de Moraes under suspicion
- Armed trio invades house in Garça (SP), holds resident hostage and steals 18 firearms from collection
- Man wanted for rape and domestic violence arrested on BR-050 in Uberaba
- Man arrested for assaulting and threatening partner in Presidente Prudente after she refused money for drugs
- 29-year-old man arrested with 7 kg of hashish and revolver on bus on SP-270
- Identity fraud in Brazil rises 32.9%: 2.8 million attempts in six months
- Convicted trafficker from São Paulo arrested in Campina Grande after suspicious behaviour
- Pernambuco ordered to pay R$ 150,000 to young man imprisoned by mistake for nine months
- Doctor charged with manslaughter following judge's death during egg retrieval procedure
- Federal Police request removal of Attorney General Paulo Gonet from Banco Master investigation
- Tarcísio confirms sending evidence to Federal Police on NGO linked to 'Dark Horse'
- Marcola, PCC leader, faces trial by jury for police officer's death 21 years later
- Organised crime in Salvador de Bahia: insecurity weakens Lula ahead of elections
- Federal Police request removal of Brazil's chief prosecutor in investigation linked to Supreme Court
- Judicial Police arrest foreign national wanted by Brazil for murder in Minas Gerais
- Federal Police discover R$ 406 million fraud in heavy machinery tenders in Rio Grande do Sul
- Teenager arrested over gang rape of girl subjected to 'drugs gang tribunal'
- PCC trafficker linked to 'André do Rap' arrested in Guarujá
- Rota police officers became security guards for bus company linked to PCC in SP
- Police destroy medicinal cannabis crop and arrest association members in Itupeva
- Military police officer shot dead during robbery on Marginal Tietê: who was the officer killed in São Paulo
- Vasco player David Corrêa targeted in search over arms and drug trafficking; Santos athlete arrested in São Paulo
- Vasco player David Corrêa targeted in operation against drug and weapons trafficking
- Vasco player investigated for arms and drug trafficking; Santos athlete arrested in São Paulo
- Vasco player David Corrêa targeted in police operation for arms and drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro
- Vila Nova player targeted in search and seizure operation against drug and arms trafficking
- Vasco da Gama and Vila Nova footballers investigated for drug and arms trafficking in Brazil
- Vasco da Gama player investigated for arms and drug trafficking in Brazil
- Lieutenant-colonel arrested for providing security to company linked to PCC in São Paulo
- Vasco da Gama player investigated for drug trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering
- Shooting in Muzema leaves four dead and 14 buses hijacked as barricades
- Imprisoned banker's messages expose relationship with Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes
- Secret Federal Police report links judge Alexandre de Moraes to banker arrested for corruption in Brazil
- USA issues travel alert for Brazil due to crime and kidnappings
- Group arrested for homicides and extortion after "spreading terror" in Bahia
- Federal Police act against illegal possession of firearms in Brazil
- São Paulo court suspends dismissal of federal deputy who forged kidnapping video
- Clandestine cemetery discovered in São Paulo interior following kidnapping report
- Judge Moraes seeks investigation against colleague who linked him to banker arrested for fraud in Brazil
- Couple arrested at Sinop airport attempting to flee after consortium fraud involving 50 victims
- Man wanted for double homicide in Picos (PI) arrested in Tietê, São Paulo
- Forensic report points to murder of São Paulo PM officer Gisele Santana
- Cigarette Smuggling Finances Organised Crime and Costs Brazil up to R$ 8.5 Billion Annually
- Autopsy report rules out suicide in death of PM Gisele Santana and points to murder in São Paulo
- Operation Linha Sombria arrests nine in drug delivery network in Feira de Santana
- Operation Illicitus: 26 mobile phones and drugs seized in Rio prison