Paulo Gang

Comando Vermelho also known as CV, is a Brazilian criminal organization engaged primarily in drug trafficking, arms trafficking, protection racketeering, ...

The First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) is Brazil's biggest and criminal network, and has expanded in Latin America.

Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) is a Brazilian criminal organisation. The gang is inspired by Comando Vermelho, one of its main rivals.

The PCC – First Capital Command – arose in the country's notoriously brutal penitentiaries 30 years ago but now controls a billion-dollar drug trade.

The PCC emerged in 1993 as a prison gang in São Paulo – formed in response to a massacre in which police killed 111 inmates at the Carandiru ...

What began as prison-based gangs in São Paulo has evolved into sophisticated transnational criminal organizations that now control significant ...

The PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), a Brazilian criminal faction, not only expanded but also refined its operations abroad in 2023 and 2024.

The gang runs over 50% of Brazil's drug exports to the continent, says Lincoln Gakiya, an organised-crime prosecutor from São Paulo. It ...

According to a 2023 The Economist report, the PCC is Latin America's biggest drug gang, with a membership of 40,000 lifetime members plus 60,000 "contractors".