Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. October 2 1992 Riot at overcrowded and chaotic Carandiru prison, São Paulo. Police storm the cell blocks and ...

Although the murder of a PCC member in São Paulo sparked rumors of a rift within the group, it is unlikely to destabilize the structure of Brazil’s largest criminal gang. Prata’s murder was allegedly ...

The rebellion broke out because Marcola, Macarrão and other PCC leaders were being transferred to a maximum security prison known as the CRP (Centro de Readaptação Penitenciária) in Presidente ...

In early April, Brazilian drug trafficker Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, alias “Fuminho,” was apprehended in Mozambique in a joint operation of the Brazilian Federal Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...

Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), a Brazilian prison gang, staged a series of attacks in May that paralyzed the city of Sao Paulo. Subsequent waves of violence have raised concerns about the ...

A high-profile drug trafficker connected to Brazil’s PCC has been captured in Mozambique. The surprise ending to a 21-year manhunt raises interesting questions about whether the current leadership of ...

The Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), which means the First Capital Command, is a Brazilian gang that operates from within the São Paulo state penitentiary system by means of cell phones and a ...

They have nicknames like cartoon characters. But Marcola, Starfruit and Macarroni — the men Brazilian authorities believe ordered the most shocking weekend of violence in Sao Paulo’s history — are no ...