President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to combat organized crime in Brazil.

The Rio de Janeiro gang, the target of a bloody police operation, was born in prison almost half a century ago

A massive Rio police raid targeting the Red Command gang has become the deadliest operation in Brazil’s history — 132 dead and families lining up bodies in the street demanding justice. The violence erupts just ahead of global COP30 climate events in the city.

A day after the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history, the country is still piecing together details about the raids against a powerful drug gang in Rio de Janeiro's favelas.

According to the Rio de Janeiro Public Prosecutor’s Office, the complexes are strategic for drug and weapons trafficking and house part of the Comando Vermelho’s expansion project. The group has 67 indicted members, including leaders Edgar Alves de Andrade, known as Doca, and Pedro Paulo Guedes, known as Pedro Bala.