Rio de Janeiro witnessed its deadliest anti-drug operation, resulting in record police fatalities. Five officers died during the raid targeting Comando Vermelho gang members in the Penha and Alemao ...

A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and ...

It was the fourth such massacre carried out under Governor Cláudio Castro – but it was by far the most barbaric. Many of the ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for investigations into the deaths.

As authorities continue to investigate the suspicious disappearance of a woman in California, her boyfriend is speaking out.

A vast operation targeting drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro has killed at least 64 people, including four police officers ...

None of the 117 people killed by police were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis ...

Organized crime in Brazil is sabotaging efforts to combat global warming. This issue has long been overlooked at climate conferences. Is that finally about to change?

Rio de Janeiro has hired former New York City mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani as a long-term security consultant to help the city cut crime before the 2016 Olympics. Giuliani is ...