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Brazil's PCC prison gang is becoming a global cocaine powerhouse, with reach into Europe and the US
A gang born in Brazil's brutal prison system is no longer just a domestic security threat. The Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC, has evolved into a sprawling transnational criminal organization ...
Brazil’s two largest criminal organizations – the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) and the Red Command (Comando Vermelho – CV) – have been designated terrorist organizations ...
SAO PAULO — The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it will designate Brazil's two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move the South American ...
An investigation into a multibillion-dollar First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) money laundering scheme involving chemical imports, fuel distribution, and investment funds has ...
The Trump administration increased pressure on crime cartels operating out of Brazil on Thursday by moving to classify two of the country’s biggest drug gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. The ...
On May 28, 2026, the US Department of State designated Brazil’s largest criminal organizations—Primeiro Comando da Capital (“PCC”) and Comando Vermelho (“CV”)—as Specially Designated Global Terrorists ...
The Trump Administration opened a new front in its battle against FTOs on May 28, 2026 when the U.S. Department of State designated Brazilian criminal groups Comando Vermelho (“CV”) and Primeiro ...
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