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How the Drug War Was Sabotaged From the Inside, 8 Ways Banks, Ports, and Governments Kept Cocaine Flowing, DEA, Europol, Brazilian Federal Police

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Why the drug war was never truly lost, how money kept the trade alive, and why freezing assets, not fields, is the missing enforcement step The common refrain that “the war on drugs failed” misses the point, because it treats the campaign as a genuine, wholehearted effort, when the truth is far darker and more […]

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From 1970s Prison Cells to Favela Empires: How COMANDO VERMELHO, Rival PCC, and Drug Networks Built a Violent Power Since 1979

ALEXANDRE ANDRADELeave a Comment on From 1970s Prison Cells to Favela Empires: How COMANDO VERMELHO, Rival PCC, and Drug Networks Built a Violent Power Since 1979

How COMANDO VERMELHO emerged from dictatorship prisons to rule favelas, adopt insurgent tactics, and force a national debate on criminal groups as terrorist threats The story of COMANDO VERMELHO begins inside Brazil’s prisons during the country’s military dictatorship, a period that shaped both the organisation’s structure and its reach. In the 1970s, the regime mixed […]

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