As new wars break out among rival gangsters, we answer your biggest questions about the history of the key players.

Dozens of officers have camouflaged among revelers during Carnival festivities to arrest pickpockets in metropolis Sao Paulo ...

I’m Still Here, an Oscar-nominated film about Brazil’s darkest period, could hold a lesson for the future. Brazilian novelist Marcelo Rubens Paiva, the author of the book that served as the ...

But the 2005 Banco Central burglary in Fortaleza, Brazil, ended up becoming more a ... In a bedroom that also served as a construction site, the gang got to work on digging a 256-foot tunnel ...

In a rare case, a Massachusetts police department honored a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer request for a Brazilian illegal alien accused of rape. ICE Boston apprehended 21 ...

BELLINGHAM — A Brazilian man and gang member who has been convicted of assault and is in the country illegally has been arrested in town by federal officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

An illegal immigrant with ties to a violent Brazilian gang flashed a sinister smile while being arrested during an immigration enforcement operation in Massachusetts, earlier this month. U.S.

An illegal immigrant with ties to a violent Brazilian gang flashed a sinister smile while being arrested during an immigration enforcement operation in Massachusetts, earlier this month.

More than 300 people had tuned in to watch his presentation on what he called “Brazil’s first mafia.” After an hour of tracing the PCC’s rise from prison gang to transnational force ...