Brazil

Tropical rainforests – which are vitally important for carbon storage and biodiversity – are disappearing at a rate of...

Illegal mining of Yanomami indigenous land in Brazil has soared in recent years, exposing the tribe to malaria, food...

In a massive operation that spanned four Brazilian states, authorities cracked down on a sophisticated money laundering...

In the fight against the illegal logging industry, Interpol reported Thursday the arrest of 69 suspects and the recovery of...

Brazil and Paraguay initiated on Tuesday a regional security project that will allow their security forces to quickly...

The insatiable thirst for gold among consumers, investors and tech companies is pushing criminal networks to exploit the...

Prosecutors charged Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro with illicit enrichment, in a case related to his former maid in Rio...

A Brazilian court has sentenced prominent cattle rustler Ronaldo Bezerra da Silva to 64 years in prison after he was found...

A Brazilian court found three companies guilty of illegally logging in the Amazon rainforest, fined them US$100,000 each and...

One of the most wanted fugitives in Europe may be on his way home to Italy soon after Brazil’s Supreme Court Tuesday...

European consumers love to buy and use cocaine. Criminal elements in Latin America are happy to feed that market, with the...

Paraguay’s president dismissed last week two ministers who were allegedly linked to organized crime. The move came after...