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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Brazil had a homicide rate of 21.26 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021, [2] up from 20.89 per 100,000 inhabitants with 43,073 murders in 2019; however, this was lower than in 2017, when Brazil had a homicide rate of 30.59 per 100,000 inhabitants. [3]
Homicide rate in Brazil in 2021. State Rate Homicides % change Brazil: 23.3: 39,519-2.4 ... Crime in Brazil; List of cities by murder rate;
This is a list of Brazilian federative units by homicide rate, according to data from the Atlas da Violência (years 1996 to 2021, [1] [2] prepared by the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) and the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública (FBSP) [3] and the Mapa da Violência from 1998 (1980s to 1988 [4]) and 2000 (years 1989 to 1995, [5] prepared by United Nations Educational ...
The group is based in the state of São Paulo and is active throughout Brazil, South America, West Africa, and Europe. An international expansion fueled by the cocaine trade made the PCC establish a profitable partnership with the Italian 'Ndrangheta and, as of 2023, run over 50% of Brazil's drug exports to Europe.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Police in Rio de Janeiro killed at least nine people in a raid on Wednesday, in the latest example of deadly violence by Brazil's security officials after 16 people died ...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Some of the suspects arrested for setting fire to sugarcane fields in Sao Paulo state told police they are linked to an organized crime gang and were retaliating for anti ...
Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Brasil 247 (22 January 2019). "Flávio Bolsonaro alegadamente empregou a mãe do chefe do Escritório do Crime" [Flávio Bolsonaro allegedly employed the mother of the head of the Crime Office gang]. Brasil 247. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. "Brazil's biggest drug gang has gone global".
A man was shot and killed on Friday afternoon at Sao Paulo's international airport, Brazil's busiest, authorities said, with local media reporting the murder was likely linked to organized crime.