Anísio of Beija-Flor: Rio Bicheiro Rebusted

… the federal policeman owned gambling-machine operations in Rio de Janeiro.
PF prende 13 pessoas durante operação no Rio: The Brazilian federal police — “Lula’s KGB,” to those who think that the war on Brazilian organized crime is a sinister Orwellian conspiracy — re-arrest the Rio gambling racketeer “Anísio of Beija-Flor” today.
Anísio, former president of LIESA, [...]

“Brazilian Cities Are The Most Efficient Poverty Factories In The World”

ONU: cidades brasileiras têm maior disparidade de renda: Brazilian cities are the most efficient income disparity factories in the world, according to a UN report.
Or so the BBC Brasil reports. The Beeb does not, however, present the numerical evidence for its claim that Brazilian cities present higher indices of inequality than any other cities in [...]

Mexico: “Felipe, A Spy in the House of Law Enforcement”

“Every time we had a major case involving a criminal organization from Mexico operating in the United States, there was a significant allegation of corruption involving the Mexican Attorney General’s office, a Mexican state police force, the highway police.” — Thomas A. Constantine, former superintendent of the DEA, interview with the NY Times, November 26, [...]