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Security & Strategic Review - February 2025
BRAZIL: Crime wave flares up in Amazonian border state
Public concern over organised crime intensified on 13 January in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondônia state, after gang members set fire to buses. The police believe that the arson attacks on the city’s public transport were responses to police operations in areas believed to be the territory of major drug trafficking organisations (DTOs), such as the Comando Vermelho (CV). States in Brazil’s northern Amazonian region, especially border states, have been strategic hubs for the smuggling routes used by DTOs, which local authorities are struggling to address.
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