This is a list of criminal gangs in Brazil, of Brazilian or foreign origin. Amigos dos Amigos (Friends of Friends) – operates in Rio de Janeiro. It began in 1998 when a member of § Red Command was expelled from the organization for ordering the murder of another member. The gang's main rivals are Red Command and § Pure Third Command.

Comando Vermelho (Portuguese: [koˈmɐ̃du veʁˈmeʎu], Red Command or Red Commando), also known as CV, is a Brazilian criminal organization engaged primarily in drug trafficking, arms trafficking, protection racketeering, kidnapping -for- ransom, hijacking of armored trucks, loansharking, irregular warfare, narco-terrorism, and turf wars against riv...

2023年11月24日 · Brazil’s two largest gangs, the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) and the Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV), have used prisons as bases of operations, becoming increasingly involved in international drug trafficking as well as arms and contraband trafficking.

1 天前 · The Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, has steadily become a major regional threat from sending cocaine to Europe, contributing to devastating the Amazon, and fighting endless wars with rivals. The Comando Vermelho (CV) is one of the oldest and most influential criminal organizations in Brazil, having emerged in the 1970s within the Rio de Janeiro penitentiary system. Since then, … Read more

The Primeiro Comando da Capital ("Capital's First Command", Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmejɾu koˈmɐ̃du da kapiˈtaw], PCC) is a Brazilian organized crime syndicate. According to a 2023 The Economist report, the PCC is Latin America's biggest drug gang, with a membership of 40,000 lifetime members plus 60,000 "contractors". [6]

2023年11月23日 · The gang runs over 50% of Brazil’s drug exports to the continent, says Lincoln Gakiya, an organised-crime prosecutor from São Paulo.

Brazil faces a serious threat from its two largest domestic criminal gangs: the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando Capital – PCC) and Red Command (Comando Vermelho), which are becoming increasingly involved in the international drug trade, as well as operating extortion and kidnapping rings at home.

2022年2月28日 · Founded almost three decades ago as a prison brotherhood to protect inmates in São Paulo’s brutal penitentiary system, the group has today evolved into a multinational mafia, with an estimated...

2024年3月31日 · The PCC monopolizes São Paulo’s crime scene and dominates Brazil’s domestic drug market. It has quickly established major presences around the continent. In Paraguay, the gang is accused of a major armed heist including bombings and targeted assassinations to collect about $8 million (approximately £6,278,800). In the past five years, the ...

2024年11月19日 · Members on the outside now had a clear objective: forming well-armed gangs to take over drug turf in the name of the Red Command. It gained control of many poor neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro that had been neglected by the state, setting up a parallel system of government inside the favelas and providing employment to inhabitants long excluded ...