BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) - Brazil's tax revenue secretary Robinson Barreirinhas said on Friday that more than 1,100 weapons were seized over the past 12 months arriving from the United States, and ...

"All of this was thanks to the work of the dog," said the commander of the Canine Operations Battalion. "It wasn't based on ...

President Lula’s government said it has seized 1,168 illicit arms imported from the US in the last 12 months alone.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents recover around 70 bodies in the woods of the Penha Complex, in the northern part of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, one day ...

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 ...

Brazilian police announced a huge drug trafficking bust on Thursday that saw at least 26 people arrested and several aircraft seized in an operation targeting a narcotics network that had transported ...

Horrific images are reaching every corner of the world: police violence, chaos, and ever-growing rows of bodies. This is the situation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is currently ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — A radio journalist known for denouncing drug traffickers and organized crime groups was murdered in northeastern Brazil, police said Wednesday. Three men armed with machine guns and ...

Brazilian police on Wednesday seized a record 48 tons of marijuana in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, uncovered by chance by a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil’s history killed at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a ...