Crime

In Brazil there was an explosive growth of digital payments in recent years

Brazil’s Instant Payment System, the Pix, Becomes a Heaven-sent Opportunity for Gangs

When a man approached Maria on Facebook, the 61-year-old Brazilian widow thought she might ...

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David Feliba
A Braziliian football player is seeen dribbling the ball. Image: David Zalubowski/AP Photo/picture alliance

Football Scandal: Brazil’s Beautiful Game Is Becoming the Dirty-Trick Game

In a bland, cold courtroom on Monday, another football career likely ended. The Court ...

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Tobias Käufer
Brazilians are learning how they can assist police in finding survivors and stopping traffickers

Brazil’s Anti-Human Trafficking Effort Gets a Hand from The Exodus Road

Brazilian Federal Police launched an anti-human trafficking campaign on December 14 featuring a short ...

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Health workers gather around an injured man in Rio

Police Raid Turns into a Massacre of 25 People in a Rio Favela

At least 25 people were dead and four hospitalized in the aftermath of a ...

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Armed men in front of a football field | Ricardo Funari/BrazilPhotos/Alamy Stock Photo

Drug Traffickers and Evangelicals Join Hands in Rio for Holy War Against Priests and Afro-Brazilian Gods

Israeli flags fly from the highest spots of the hills surrounding the Cidade Alta ...

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Kristina Hinz, Doriam Borges, Aline Coutinho, Thiago Cury Andries
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