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How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and environmental crime can be measured in the tens of billions of dollars ...
Reuters

Brazil and US launch joint action to fight organized crime

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government on Friday announced a joint initiative with the U.S. to combat organized crime, involving the integration of data from Brazil's ...
InSight Crime

Ghost Riders and Deepfake Doctors: Inside Brazil’s AI-Driven Crime Surge

Brazil’s criminal groups are weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI) to drive high-tech financial fraud, exploiting gaps in a fast-growing digital ecosystem as banks, legislators, and police scramble ...
Los Angeles Times

Lax gun laws in Brazil and U.S. help arm Brazil’s organized crime, study finds

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A study of nearly 7,000 seized weapons shows lax gun laws in Brazil and U.S. are arming organized crime groups. A ...
Houston Chronicle

How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University (THE CONVERSATION) Brazil’s ...
WLRN

How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Robert Muggah is affiliated with Igarapé Institute and ...