Brazilian Organized Crime Destroys the with Illegal Mining - Diálogo Américas

Brazil’s largest narcotrafficking faction, the First Capital Command (PCC, in Portuguese) has been increasingly infiltrating illegal mining in the Brazilian . “In addition to narcotrafficking, the organization exploits prostitution, the sale of gasoline, food, beverages, and private security,” the Brazilian news site UOL reported in early February 2022, based on information from Brazilian public security authorities. According to the report, these activities are mainly carried out in the state of Roraima, where members of the criminal faction control areas of Yanomami indigenous land.

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