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The assassination of a police informant in São Paulo’s main international airport has exposed serious flaws in Brazil’s witness protection system, complicating efforts to dismantle powerful organized crime networks.

BHP (BHP.AX), opens new tab is cynically trying to avoid its responsibility for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, lawyers representing thousands of victims told London’s High Court on Monday, as a lawsuit worth up to 36 billion pounds ($47 billion) began.

Four candidates in Brazil’s recent municipal elections appear on the country’s newest “Dirty List,” which names people or companies accused of holding workers in modern day slavery.

The Caribbean, historically a key region for drug trafficking, has once again become the center of attention with the seizure of a narco-submarine, signaling the use of these types of vessels is potentially becoming a more common tactic for drug shipments in this smuggling route.

Social media platform to be blocked by ISPs because it did not appoint legal representative in allotted time

The Tax Justice Network said trillions could be raised with a ‘featherlight’ tax on the 0.5% of richest households, copying a current Spanish tax

A multiagency force of federal and state authorities in Brazil dismantled communication towers and illegal cellphone shops, as organized crime embraces technology to further its criminal pursuits.

US secretary of state Antony Blinken says there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ González beat Nicolás Maduro in last weekend’s presidential election

A spider cocooned in a wicker chair bit a man spreading its powerful toxin into his calf, leaving him fighting for his life before he died as his leg turned black from necrosis

To her followers, Kat Torres was an inspirational rags to riches success story who went from living in Brazilian slums to partying with Leonardo DiCaprio.

A Brazilian drug lord has been arrested after a two-year manhunt thanks in no small part to his Instagram-loving wife – for the second time.

Federal police investigators have claimed that a criminal group, allegedly involving Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, tried to illegally siphon off and sell luxury gifts from foreign leaders worth at least $1.2m.

Brazil’s Federal Police detained eight individuals on Tuesday as part of a broader operation against drug traffickers who have used private jets to transport cocaine worth billions of Brazilian reals across the continent, as well as to Europe and Africa.

Proposal could net up to $250bn a year in extra revenue, says report commissioned by Brazil for G20

Police in the Brazilian state of Pará detained seven suspects believed to be involved in the illegal extraction and sale of Amazon timber, a crime that affects the entire world’s population as deforestation in the Amazon contributes to climate change.

Beny Steinmetz’s company obtained iron ore deposits worth billions thanks to bribes paid to the wife of a West African president.

A Surinamese man, wanted by Interpol for a series of crimes including the smuggling of approximately 450 kg of cocaine by aircraft, was captured last week in São Paulo, Brazilian Federal Police stated.

A recently released judicial document recounts the series of misdeeds that two Venezuelans allegedly committed in the administration of that bank in Puerto Rico, which when it collapsed left debts still unpaid for 3,500 savers.

Brazil is building a submarine fleet with France’s help.

Brazilian police have discovered a significant amount of drugs hidden behind a secret square door built into a wall - the police also arrested two individuals who haven't been named

Bodybuilder Denis Yoshio, 32, who showed off his demanding fitness routines to more than 50,000 followers on Instagram was shot dead outside his home by two men who fled on a motorbike

Over the past few years, Rico Ladesma, 41, has been transforming into a real-life orc, complete with fake fanged teeth, similar to that of the monster-like creature.

Dengue fever is currently found in the likes of the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Asia and infects more than 400 million people every year - and could be on its way to Europe

The measures from the Sao Paulo government come as the number of cases relating to dengue are sky-rocketing, with the control coordinator of diseases in Sao Paulo describing it as an "epidemic"