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.

(AP Photo/Bruna Prado)(Bruna Prado / AP) Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion into formal economic sectors ...

Latin America’s drone arms race is growing, with governments struggling to match criminals using UAVs for smuggling, spying ...

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 ...

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 ...

SEE ALSO: What a Decade of Data Tells Us About Organized Crime in Brazil The gangs had been fighting each other since 2016, when the PCC broke off a previous truce, detonating months of bloody prison ...

A local court ignored a federal immigration detainer and released a Brazilian national and gang member convicted of assault, and he has been arrested in Bellingham, federal immigration authorities ...

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.

Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion into formal economic sectors that has caused billions in tax losses and ...