Inside Brazil's Deadliest Drug Gangs | News on Drugs

Brazil is the second biggest consumer of cocaine in the world, after the US - and the biggest consumer of crack.
Alongside this, Brazil has risen to become a crucial hub in global cocaine trafficking, particularly as a gateway from South America to Europe and Africa.
The country has seen the rise of hyper-powerful gangs and organized crime groups that can operate like private armies, perpetrating extreme violence, and taking over entire districts and cities.
This is the inside story of massively powerful Brazilian crime groups like the Red Command, the PCC, and the Militia - how they emerged, and how they maintain their narco-empires.
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[@lucasskovgaard3526]

My dad is from Brasil and grew up in the favelas of São Paulo, and used to sell drugs like weed, shrooms and coke back in the 70-80s. He has lots of great stories, but has since put this lifestyle behind him. He since met my Danish mother and moved here to Denmark/Dinamarca to raise me, which I respect him for, but I wish I was more in touch with my Brazilian side and family. Saudadés 😔🇧🇷🇩🇰

[@remy_sporesoninstagramsell456]

👆👆Look up the handle he ships swiftly, mushrooms,DMT,edible, psychedelic, chocolate bars,acid etc surest plug🔌🥶💥💊🚢🍄.....

[@steverobertson6393]

There's a story and a couple ya never see. I mean, when is media gonna finally depict a brown guy with a white woman?! Come on, folks! Your parents were pioneers and must feel proud when they watch current Western Media. The world has learned! All white women, get after that brown guy. Right? Better world now and in the future. :D

[@lucasskovgaard3526]

@Zayri Lookman I have a Brazilian/Italian middle name

[@catchbooker7257]

I watched a Vice documentary about a black (ish) guy brutally murdered by his “friends”. It was truly staggering how unaware the Danes were about their racism and prejudices. Also the ghettos they built for immigrants. I was truly amazed as Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway are always listed at the “best” places to live. They were seriously as oblivious as the Croatians who don’t acknowledge Jasenovac.

[@steverobertson6393]

@@catchbooker7257 I agree! I think it's just terrible that these people don't give these migrants their own homes. I don't see why the people natively from any country should have any rights. Everything belongs to the bottom people. I'm right there with ya brother. These people from the north are just soo r@cist. I mean, have you ever heard of a non-African foreign worker being targeted are harmed in Africa?! NO! But here is whitey just being soo ignorant. We're the good guys. We know the truth, you and me and people like US!

[@JujuGurgel]

I used to live in Rio , grew up there and everything he mentioned is true to the bone. When the gangs are in war it's pretty scary and an attack can happen in plain day light.

[@MusehanaH]

A friend came to South Africa for the 2010 world cup and upon returning home, he spent a day at an airport because gangs were shooting at each other from across a major highway which had to be closed until the gangs stopped shooting. Hectic

[@lucasart328]

@@alejandrodominguez706 cope it happens everday

[@ambessashield9360]

@@alejandrodominguez706 You seem obsessed by the fact that you’re white. Do you consider dark skin Brazilians like pele less Brazilian than you? Btw. There were more slaves taken from Africa to Rio than all of the United States.

[@valorz6064]

I am exercising my right to defend my castle with a passion thanks to these animals flooding our border and politics... Going soft on crime is a joke, blast em away...

[@dcastnick7064]

@@valorz6064 Bro don't worry, I doubt they want to come and steal and your CP vids. People like this are always hiding something.

[@fabiosouza28]

I'm from Brazil, and I can say that he tells better than a lot of journalists here... Well said and very accurate! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@juniorpaulo3494]

Vdd cara, eu achei a mesma coisa e ainda detalhou como as coisas de fato ocorrem

[@tinycheese8676]

The government is failing to create jobs for people to support their families if they try to do it themselves and it is a problem, we are tired of the government playing with us

[@mrd7067]

Since you seem to be brasil can you speak on how the different factions are organised? I tried to find out how BOPE is organised but it`s hard to find informations and it seems to be different from NATO. I also wonder how much time for the different things in their training course is allocated and how often do they really need the parachuting and diving training on operations. Thank you for your time.

[@juniorpaulo3494]

@@mrd7067 comando vermelho (red command) terceiro comando (third command) and amigos dos amigos (friends of friends) are the 3 main gangs that dominate the favelas in Rio, Bope is not a faction in fact they are the tactical unit of the military police in Rio like a Swat, the militia is a criminal group and also dominate several favelas in Rio, the comando vermelho is not as organized as the militia or PCC in Sao Paulo, because they have several leaders in several different places, what happens in favelas of Rio is similiar to what happens in Haiti where heavily armed gangs dispute territory for drug trafficking, that's the truth

[@mrd7067]

@@juniorpaulo3494 I understand that. The question is how are they all organised and structured. Bope for example seems quite small wiith short training time and i try to see parallels to things i know.

[@andrewjames1416]

the way he described everything in a timeline that makes sense really painted the picture of how rough it must be to live there. great job man

[@toasteddingus6925]

Vice Mexico and Vice Brazil teams rn duking it out for the title of best organized crime documentaries

[@joekelly8998]

Really takes me back to some of y’all’s best docs, keep it up

[@javedbarakat2577]

I had a Brazilian neighbor. Guy told me he got away from the military after his first assignment. I was baffled and asked "why?" Then he explained... First assignment as a rookie was to enter a prison after B.O.P.E, the rookies were placed in teams and were given a body part to pick up. So team 1 would be picking up Arms Team 2 would be picking up Legs Team 3 would be picking up Heads Team 4 would be picking up Torsos He gave some grimy visualization of what happens in Brazil its crazy.

[@TheOsamaBahama]

Reminds me of the film Elite Squad when the captain from BOPE tells the rookies "Today you are gonna learn how to pick up bodies. C'mon, what are you waiting for?"

[@lugeiger4924]

I think your brazilian neighbor was either telling you a lie or he worked on the Carandiru massacre, in that case it wasn`t the BOPE. In any case this scenery seems very improbable cause we would`ve heard of something this absurd. And also, the army and the police (which the BOPE is a part of) rarely work together. Eu acho que te meteram um kaô meu brother

[@quinnshaw9100]

you can spam the same racist crap in every comment, doesn’t change the fact that Brazil sucks.

[@javedbarakat2577]

@@lugeiger4924 just look at the above comment. It's even played out in movies because that's what happens! BOPE and army don't work together ? Darling it seems you know very little about how the military works. All those guys work together, each have different roles. BOPE goes in to calm the unrest by any means necessary and the army recruits pick up bodies and body parts. & Brazl is very huge, chances are you don't hear about every operation.

[@sheep8618]

@@lugeiger4924 It’s definitely not absurd, Central and South American gang is extremely brutal where beheading and dismemberment is very common.

[@barrymchugh5612]

Great reporting by Vice as usual! Keep it up my friends!!

[@TheOsamaBahama]

I'm from Rio and everything he said is true. I remember one day in 2008 when the governor launched a massive operation for the police to retake all of the favelas in the city from the gangs. I didn't go to school that day and my mother didn't go to work because the city was basically at war. We stayed home watching the operation on TV.

[@jotaro2690]

How is life in fevala

[@W2LTA]

BOPA going to work.

[@Fit_soldier]

@@alejandrodominguez706 the gospel explained in one minute kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWfalIppj7mlo5o🙂

[@HLBNZ]

@@alejandrodominguez706 Murder rate of Brazil: 62,318..... Murder rate of the USA: 25,000.... Stop lying dingleberry. Everything you said is a lie

[@m1sniper]

@@alejandrodominguez706 please shut up

[@festol1]

All said by mr Nico is very accurate with the reality (especially about Rio). What a piece for journalistic work!

[@voxer3060]

Indeed it was, but it could be more emphasized that the militia groups only operate in Rio and wich is where also is the worst place on the country for gang violence. Rio got out of hand

[@openranks4519]

This guy is spreading FUD. I visit Brazil often and have a friend who lives there, it’s awesome….and he definitely exaggerated the so called racism.

[@DarrylGonzales]

@@voxer3060 the Northeast region endure violence much worse

[@lucasalx8968]

@@voxer3060 thats cap. Militia areas arent the worst in rio. Just in jacarepagua. Who most off this members are ex Drug trafikcers. 😅 But the militia sucks too.

[@voxer3060]

@@DarrylGonzales i wont say much worse, but similar

[@brvnos]

I'm a Brazilian from SP, all he said was spot on.

[@foodieanimal1066]

Vice is back in all its glory! Much appreciated..

[@maziar8913]

Nice cover of contents around the matter and perfect slides matching the conversation loved it.

[@Gabagoolf]

Absolutely fascinating insights, more like this please vice!

[@niallfoley6711]

Irons ⚒️

[@JK-vb6ju]

great interview wish it was longer

[@JK-vb6ju]

@@alejandrodominguez706 thanks for clarifying that bro

[@outthemudpg1337]

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[@my1stytchannel]

@@alejandrodominguez706 24% of Rio residents live in favelas. About 2 million people. Skid row homelessness is about 65k people. About .01% of LA population. Per capita, Brazil has way more murders per year. You're trying to manipulate the numbers.

[@andya6461]

This is the kind of insightful, non-bias, reporting that we use to love Vice for. We would never get this point of view from mainstream media. Vice please do more stuff like this where a person can actually feed their mind instead of the dull bloated reports you've done in recent years.

[@cantcmebeast]

“non-bias”😂

[@FunYl]

"Non-bias" Yeah, right...Vice 😄😄😄

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

It is completely biased, because it focuses solely on one aspect, only addresses the narrative it seeks, and ignores the rest. They could choose to do a story, about hard working vendors, who get constantly kicked off sidewalks, by local police, when they are just trying to make a living. That would be a new insight. This is the one and only thing channels like VICE, focus on, because it gets clicks. Your comment is nothing more than a sound bite, you overheard, and repeated. Think critically.

[@byhilliard]

It's completely filled with far left wing propaganda. Lmao.

[@andya6461]

@@byhilliardWhere is the propaganda?Its not talking about any particular group or putting across any political view. Its only describing some ones experience of a drug gang and how they operate.

[@ScolarVisar2307]

Love theses videos best source of world wide knowledge

[@DG-ig1rb]

I am brazilian and I've been living in the metropolitan area of Rio for more than 20 years. In my opinion this interview was very accurate in many subjects, despite I disagree at some points. I met at least more than 10 people who were murdered, including a teenager girl, a person related to my family, my brother's best friend (they were classmates and friends since their childhood), the son (together with his friend and in front of his own house) of a wonderfull evangelical woman who helped my family a lot in the past (may she rest in peace) and even two neighbors who were killed around 2:30am inside their home, and we all woke up with the shots - many, many shots. A few days ago, an ex neighbor who I knew relatively well was also murdered. And I still remember a few others. Ok, the point is: none of them was rich, but most of them were not needy in terms of money - as an example, an ex classmate of mine, from a private school and in better situation than me, was arrested years ago for drug trafficking, and the newspapper even mentioned that he was a middle class guy, and that his house was imponent in comparison to its neighboring buildings. Back to the subject... most of them were mestizos like me (but darker), and a few others were either black or white. And most of them had also some things in common: they were on drugs, flirting with 'thug's lifestyle', attending to funk parties in the favelas and living completely imersed in guetto's culture. And you know what? This crap cultural environment is very present among teenagers, at least in this part of Rio de Janeiro state. Teenager boys and young men acting like thugs (clothes, language, manneirisms and so on) is something you can see often here. They are part of a cultural subversion process which tends to idolize crime, drugs, free sex and money. And yes, mainstream media has been feeding this process too, and as soon as you open your mouth to point it out, some people will say "you're racist and prejudicial against this artist/song/culture because he/she/it comes from the favelas". Obviously, poverty takes a role in crime and violence, but, in my opinion, cultural environment, at least in the context of the crime in Rio de Janeiro, plays the main role.

[@mrd7067]

Since you seem to be brasil can you speak on how the different factions are organised? I tried to find out how BOPE is organised but it`s hard to find informations and it seems to be different from NATO. I also wonder how much time for the different things in their training course is allocated and how often do they really need the parachuting and diving training on operations. Thank you for your time.

[@catchbooker7257]

The cultural environment/social structure plays a part in it everywhere. Rough neighbourhoods in California, projects in New York/Chicago, council houses in Manchester, UK. Individuals from teenage “gangs” in London are stabbing each other to death in London every other day over “street cred”. But it happens in areas that are deprived and underfunded and no “civilised” people live there, so who gives a f**k? As long as it’s not happening where “I” live, no one cares. And you will never eradicate poverty so this cycle will just keeping spinning round and round forever.

[@abulebube1239]

@@mrd7067 About how BOPE is organized. There’s basically 0 open sources on them because they are very heavily discouraged from talking about it, however, as I understand they very heavily use 4 man fireteams in a series of combinations. The only major organization that I know is that there’s some clear subdivisions, how those are structured I don’t know, but here it goes. There’s the Tactical Intervention Unit, which is divided in a sniper unit, a intervention unit and a hostage negotiator unit. The other major sub unit is the Demolition, Engineering and Transport Unit which is reponsible for clearing obstacles into the favelas, that’s about all I know. About the drug cartels, the organization isn’t really different from the average Mexican cartel. There’s the “aviãozinhos”, basically messenger boys for the cartel, and that’s how you start, then you go up the scale to the lookout or “fogueteiro” because you use fire crackers or kites to warn if the police is coming, there’s the armed guards/enforcers up the ladder and after that there’s the “gerente da boca” which is the local manager basically. That’s about it really.

[@mrd7067]

@@abulebube1239 Thank you for the answer. Interestingly i found a few documents on the training of bope and similar units and autotranslate helped greatly. By now i learned that in 2015 or so they doubled from 400 so they are probbly about 800 people strong by now (for the football worldcup and the olympic games). I have also learned that they have 4 "combat companies" that are primarly used as QRF & to attack the Favelas. To my understanding they work 24 hour shifts and then have 72 hours off. I have also read that their groups (patrulha), while on foot on patrol are 4 (Ponta 1, Ponta 2, Comandante, Retaguarda) to 8 (Ponta 1, Ponta 2, Comandante, Tarefas Especiais, Ala, Sub Comandante, Retaguarda, Retaguarda) strong. On the other hand for "CQB" there can be seen 5 (1 with a shield and the normal 4. I don`t know if they use dogs). I still try to find out how this companies and platoons are organised and work since, from what i get from videos their medics,who probably have their own vehicles seem not to move with the platoons. Command & control is also a thing. I also wonder where they put their vehicles when they go into a favela. Not to forget that unarmored vehicles are stupidy easy to attack. The manuals online for those who might be interested: POLÍCIA MILITAR DE SANTA CATARINA BATALHÃO DE OPERAÇÕES POLICIAIS ESPECIAIS - BOPE MANUAL DE TÉCNICAS OPERACIONAIS DO BOPE and Ementas Operações Especiais Both from 2018

[@abulebube1239]

@@mrd7067 Yooooooooo, sorry my dude. When you were saying BOPE I assumed it was the Rio de Janeiro one (because it’s the most popular one, let’s be honest) and didn’t really think about other states special units. Just warning that as far as I know some procedures are state specific so the one from Santa Catarina I wouldn’t immediately assume to apply to Rio de Janeiro, however, most of it it’s true about Rio de Janeiro. Just a small disclaimer for you.

[@iDecoA7X]

Great piece of work. I live in Brazil and u couldn't explain any better. fire content 🔥

[@sidneyaparecido3251]

Excellent material!!! Thanks!❤

[@PistoleroSoluciones]

Excellent work. Well explained.

[@GjaP_242]

Gang: a group of persons working together. (Merriam-Webster)

[@gdubs210]

Outstanding interview, quite captive. It's a shame how the human mind is plagued with such trivialities to the extent of terminating one another.

[@outthemudpg1337]

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[@Bruno-gj4jj]

@@alejandrodominguez706 wannabe white

[@ashtonkuypers4501]

@@alejandrodominguez706 Brazil has a higher homicide rate than the USA by about 3x

[@ashtonkuypers4501]

@@alejandrodominguez706 what’s ring with being black hey is that a problem in the USA being black doesn’t cause you problems as much as Brazil

[@khalidalali186]

Jesus Christ, here we go again. Hahaha.

[@Soxandnicole]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@effingsix3825]

The irony of all this is that harm reduction is a success in Portugal.

[@atmosrepair]

Portugal is a good destination these days!

[@lklklkm8910]

not irony, just logic and history. Portugal colonized us and many countries, the best places in the world to live were/are made by taking from others

[@amirkattan3693]

I love your videos vice you guys are real news

[@rapasvi]

Brazil is my country, I lived in a poor neighborhood, the drug dealer was my neighbor, his mother was always smoking and she had cats. Really nice people. I was only robbed once in my street. Funny thing is: weekends the baile funk were organized by him and one other neighbor, a police officer. It's funny how you grow up in this environment and it's normal for you, I miss the old days, but I understand it wasn't healthy.

[@kiuk_kiks]

How’s your English so good? I watched some Brazilian soap operas back when I was in subsaharan Africa and the poor were blacks & mestizo while the rich were whites.

[@rapasvi]

@@kiuk_kiks that's a really fucked up thing to ask and Brazil is way more nuanced than novelas.

[@honjokun0615]

Saudações da Tailândia, amiga. Muito obrigado por compartilhar suas histórias

[@markeezbaroon2033]

@@alejandrodominguez706 what is your point with this comment ..do you think that you are saving Brazil with this comment?

[@teeusao]

@@alejandrodominguez706 this mf is lying asf

[@varzso24]

really well done , good insight and real investigations

[@gfckid32]

This was surprisingly good.

[@kikemendez9664]

Vice I’ve been wanting a more recent video on Mexicos cartels if you guys could possibly cover them again but without putting yourselves in too much danger

[@massiv323]

They just dropped a sicario training video on the Mexican cartel

[@comradepolarbear6920]

@@alejandrodominguez706 literally everything you said is a lie

[@karareeves1280]

@@massiv323 yess very cool to watch

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

@@alejandrodominguez706 most of Brazil IS NOT EUROPEAN! 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@bdawgsteppa2381]

@@alejandrodominguez706 we are aware

[@sudi_cloud]

Commenting from Brazil, it's amazing how well informed Niko Vorobyov is! Congratulations! ❣But I wish he had had more time to explain his view on what a "progressive Brazilian drug policy" would look like. Furthermore, how could such a policy contribute for a broader policy on poverty reduction/elimination - which I believe is one of Brazil's top priorities?

[@sudi_cloud]

@@alejandrodominguez706 , clearly you did not watch the video. Your comment is absolutly out of context. I suppose you are reflecting your own prejudices. It is you who thinks most Brazilians live in slums, isn't it? It's you who codemns the high Brazilian criminality rates, isn't it? It is you who are jelous of Americans, isn't it? LOL

[@sudi_cloud]

@@alejandrodominguez706 , So you're on the team of those who are always making bad choices and screwing up their and everyone's lives around them. Pífio 🤮

[@Akac3sh]

@@alejandrodominguez706 stop trying to sell Brazil so you can keep gentrifying it

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Brazil seems like a forever bride...the groom (prosperity) is never coming.

[@sudi_cloud]

@@pietrojenkins6901 , apparently the same can be said of many other issues affecting us all, for example, climate change. The planet is a forever bride... the groom (limiting the increase of global mean surface temperature to 1°C) will never come.

[@fr3ddog]

Great interview

[@NAKMEEZY]

Enslaved Africans did NOT smuggle weed on slave ships. What a dumb thing to say.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Not all Africans came as slaves.

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

Indians BROUGHT OVER MARIJUANA, they were called COOLIES from INDIA!!

[@willi6446]

First: Sorry for my english, guys. Second: Bro, props for Vice has a such greats professionals envolved. I'm Brazilian, and all the topics in this video had a clearly truths about what the Brazilians are suffering.

[@entidadebeats]

Im Brazilian , and let me say, this is the best piece of journalism about here i've ever seen.This guy is better than most history teachers we got here and he explained very well word by word what is happening.Congratulations on this video

[@xxalmightyxx2304]

This wer very good questions 👍🏼💯

[@erikjensen107]

This was so interesting to watch. I was so into the video I didn't even realize it had gone 10 min

[@lildee2626]

The man is a walking encyclopedia. The world is in such a sad whirlwind that's its scary!

[@agoogleuser2369]

Very good coverage on the reality of life in Rio near the favelas.

[@outthemudpg1337]

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[@bquade70]

Excellent story 👍👍

[@esolthailand7439]

Decent vice stuff, just like the old days!

[@andreadonis5864]

it’s crazy because it’s been like this for almost 30 years..the movie city of god depicts this almost exactly ..

[@KAWTELENUH]

It's not coincidence

[@chicodimdim3025]

Because the City of God story is true.

[@Ajclz]

It has gotten worse since the Movie, way worse

[@amygdala5475]

Would legalization of all drugs take away power from the gangs?

[@Raphael.6]

@vice.is.owned.by.disney nobody like shitty drugs, doesn't matter how cheap they are... There is no street violence happening because of counterfeit cigarettes for example... The war on drugs is undefendable...

[@ericvcod2133]

@vice.is.owned.by.disney making them legal makes them easier to be produced in a larger scale, which would likely make them cheeper. The problem is finding the politician willing to put their career in risk(and also life) to campaign for it. Our country is just too anti-drugs, and too ok with violence as a policy to change. RIGHT NOW, we need more prisons to take care of overcrowding and retake control of inmates, then we need to find a way to give them jobs in prison so they have a way to make money honestly and buy their own hygiene products and food so they aren't so depend on their family or gangs(and the government clearly cannot provide that).

[@sheep8618]

Yes probably greatly reducing their power but it is definitely not feasible as the society will basically become non functional with a massive population of drug addicts.

[@demolazer]

That is what should be done...eventually. It is a gradual process because if you try and take away the cartels' income stream just like that, all out war would erupt. Stop enforcing, start negotiating,

[@catchbooker7257]

Most countries don’t invest enough in social care for all the addicts it would create. Cigarettes and alcohol kills more people than ALL the illegal drugs.

[@user-uw2px3si3u]

Remember when Vice used to actually literally show us what was happening instead of telling us stories of what happens

[@OZMMC]

interesting video, I live in Brazil in the city of Rio de Janeiro!! this is all true, favela, building, beach, hill, all mixed up, faction war, police, militia, Christ the Redeemer and the most famous beach in the world, Copacabana!! we have many problems and yet Brazil is one of the most beautiful places in the world!!

[@benitzers8858]

The sôutheast asian gangs in phillïpines, Vietnåm and thailånd: I raised those boys

[@josepharrr3712]

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[@passaroquetemasanaovoa]

Good to know, I’ll never visit these places

[@Fullmetal_christo]

@@passaroquetemasanaovoa I know right?

[@Toddzmom01]

The dictator of Brazil is a monster..

[@samsonsoturian6013]

They don't have a dictator at this time

[@sanchxs]

muito bom esse documentario

[@jsosa1981]

More crime videos of theses in Brazil there interesting 👍🏽

[@sheep3460]

I don't know why but theses documentaries on drug cartels are my favourite. Click in seconds after thumbnail.🤷

[@radicalgreek99]

Big fan

[@jonatassilveiradesouza2499]

It's a very precise characterization of Rio's criminality...but lacks the depth about Brazil's biggest organized crime sindicate, wich is, PCC (primeiro comando da capital/first comand of the capital) They went from São Paulo (the biggest city and most populous) to many other parts, such as the northeast areas and north (which you encounter the board between Brazil and Paraguai, Bolivia, etc). Although' he shows that most of this kind of crime sindicates were originated in the Military Government period...not even many Brazilians know about that. Great video, as usual.

[@pedroizquierdo6824]

This reminds me a lot of Max Payne 3. That game is portrays perfectly the harsh reality not only in Brazil but Latin America as well with gangs, paramilitaries, poverty, inequality, and corruption. I wish there could be more games like that

[@shinobiblade2558]

try Ghost Recon Wildlands.

[@DizzyMakavelli]

Rio is crazier than any movie or video game in the industry. All the last mayors went to jail for corruption... That's insane.

[@vincenthawes8918]

I’m the real “Max Payne!!” 🔫🔫🔫

[@catchbooker7257]

Absolutely! That São Paulo favela level is awesome.

[@giancarloMarranti]

Damn some of Max Payne 3 stuff is pretty exaggerated and some lies in there. But if you think so, no problem.

[@pdrugs6419]

Brazil need some legal weed, homie.

[@qolspony]

This story has been done a million times!

[@sir275handsome]

The game is DEEP!

[@famailiaanima]

As a Brazilian I can atest this guy is legit

[@PushyPawn]

But I wanted to see a video on Brazil's Nicest and Friendliest Drug Gangs.. When I go to Brazil, I don't want no trouble, just a good time.

[@robertbones326]

Lol

[@vibraniumsharkz6427]

Got here first. I love vice

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@Aussie-Mocha]

Brilliant report!!! This makes me wonder though how governments can just let it happen. And what involvement does USA Russia and China play in drug production and distribution across the world. Would be great to see a full global picture of how it’s going on.

[@jonatand2045]

It happens because of the failure that is drug prohibition. The harder it is enforced, the higher the drug prices and the richer dealers get. That is because it doesn't reduce demand for drugs.

[@sophieedel6324]

@@jonatand2045 Legalizing drugs has made the situation worse each time it has been tried. This idea that the gangs disseaper if one would legalize cocaine, it a complete fallacy, the gangs actually grow and make more revenue and become even more violent.

[@jonatand2045]

@@sophieedel6324 When didn't it work? It worked with alcohol legalization. Gangs wouldn't disappear immediately and completely, but at least no more fuel would be thrown into the fire. Even better would be legalization with a push to dismantle informal suppliers.

[@sophieedel6324]

@@jonatand2045 Many examples. A striking example is the legalisation of marijuana in the Netherlands. It has fueled the Mocro Maffia gang that now gets far more revenue from marijuana than before due to the increased use of marijuana.

[@jonatand2045]

@@sophieedel6324 It is still illegal but decriminalized there, so of course gangs profit. If the supply chain isn't allowed to become formal and regulated, gangs will supply.

[@stanmarsh820]

The Brazilian state's failure to provide jobs and opportunities for everyone is the main reason why these gangs even exist. Ironically, some Brazilians blame the Humans' Rights treaty as the reason why being a criminal seems so rewarding but is the country's failure of respecting them that promotes the current scenario, such as the mentioned ongoing employment crisis, and the fact that, beyond recruiting members from poor communities, the gangs also recruits from overcrowded prisons where inmates live in inhuman conditions, playing the role of the state by taken care of prisoners providing better food and basic items, such as clothes and a mattress.

[@mrnarason]

it's not the state's job to provide jobs but private entities. If the government was less isolationist, and reduced taxes on imports etc, local business could thrive.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@mrnarason BULLSHIT !!!!!! Excuses for failure

[@jonatand2045]

It also the fault of drug prohibition, which incentivizes gangs and in turn makes development harder.

[@elmaestrorochi4938]

Nah the Brazilian society is just uncivilized

[@jada2357]

@@mrnarason yes it is. the literal job of the government is to serve the people

[@rickhayer8320]

accurate representation of my experience in Brazil

[@mairepcod4063]

Thanks,

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Where there are drugs and then the gangs gain power That is when the misery goes to a whole new stratosphere

[@jonatand2045]

Thank drug prohibition.

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

Leftwing politics by 80'.

[@mrboombastic8369]

it's more like the opposite. Where there are poverty and social inequality, there are violence, gangs and drugs.

[@francci8988]

@@mrboombastic8369 My city wasn't poor nor it had social inequality till' the day robbers and drug traffickers from the northeast region arrived, they and some other imigrants from their families started overflowing our small city creating families without any care, now there are thieves and drugs all around my city and most of the school kids are filling their asses up with MDMA, shroooms and weed, most of them get out unemployed and barely work just to pay for their drugs, while there isn't a good working base for manual work even though it has high offer of this kind of jobs. sorry for bad english

[@mrboombastic8369]

@@francci8988 where are you from?

[@JT-lw1oh]

Whoever controls the ports is the dominate one. You control the ports you control the flow of drugs, tax, trafficking routes and everything else falls in line. Hope the militia doesn’t gain superior dominance. I’m sure the cops are adding a lot of the death toll.

[@rfarias565]

Well done!!! What is the name of the book?

[@1god2fear21]

2:44 Glock 22 Gen 4 USA model & Glock 17 with the Auto Sear

[@davidz3879]

This is the main thing preventing Brazil from becoming a prosperous, developed country.

[@marionogueira6211]

not true at all

[@amadeovalentino2088]

Very true and corruption keeps this drug empire thriving

[@Raphael.6]

You're talking about the symptoms like they're the causes... That's wrong, reductionist and promotes a specific agenda that uses police operations as electoral propaganda...

[@somerandomguy7458]

Its a problem all over latin america and parts of north america

[@amadeovalentino2088]

@@somerandomguy7458 all over the world and sometimes let happen (corruption)

[@davidz3879]

As more of Rio becomes gentrified, the property prices will increase rapidly, and the favelas will be cleared to make way for new, upmarket housing.

[@rho992]

noice

[@RichardsCranium]

Gentrification is a good thing

[@oaklandish5104]

Is it safe to say that a young mixed black n white brotha like myself can come move into a favela ? If I wanted to and would they set trip on me like oh look at this American muhfucka or would they be cool and also how do the women like Americans lol they got some fine ass women

[@Skynet83]

They will not clear the favelas, it’s never that simple. The government tried something similar with city of god in the 60’s and we all know how that turned out

[@davidz3879]

@@Skynet83 Rich companies will buy them, demolish them & built upmarket housing. The land is highly sought after & becoming more valuable, so it's inevitable.

[@blagoevski336]

Nice

[@matthewjordan7731]

I wana see Vice do a special on Kensington in Philly or North Ave in Baltimore.

[@chevellebelair1402]

I lived in Brazil for year's and.....yes it's not so bad

[@chevellebelair1402]

@@alejandrodominguez706 fooook no it's all drugs and gangs

[@timotheetessier1058]

I wish there was something else western media can report on in Brazil besides the hoods & the cartels Brazil is absolutely beautiful 😞

[@kaizenpsy8259]

To enjoy the wonderful things you need to be aware of the bad things too

[@stonedias3260]

Good to say a thing, this is a special situation happening in Rio state only. Other states like São Paulo have a established one-sided mafia, which is already penetrating deep in politics and "maintain order" in favelas and such. They're also expanding to another states and just do some off-the-book business with some Rio gangs. Rio is divided to a point where two different "bondes" (gangs) from the same faction battle for a favela.

[@eduardovc4527]

I'm Brazilian, but from the south region, and crime is not as organized here as in other regions I mean, I didn't even know most of the details this guy is saying, although I always knew gangs had a huge war Very insightful and interesting

[@Skllz999]

Não sei exatamente como é no sul, mas em Regiões onde o poder é mais controlado por uma única facção tende a não ter guerras de gangue, por exemplo aqui em Sp é totalmente controlado pelo pcc são poucos o caso de confrontos geralmente são internos e contra a polícia mas vele dizer que por ter uma grande poder no estado nem existe um confronto real.

[@capslock6303]

Reading these comments, it never ceases to amaze me how ignorant and shallow-thinking americans can be when speaking on the outside world. Accurate and informative video, but sadly it fits into western media coverage of Brazil as a whole, which essentially amounts to fear-mongering criminality porn . Brazil is a rich and multi-faceted country, geographically larger than the US (excluding Alaska). Its people are gorgeous, welcoming and belong to myriad subcultures, the culinary and drinking traditions are amazing, the land is beautiful and the culture is in many ways far healthier than the US. Certainly not a Level 1 backpacking destination, but with some basic street smarts and an open mind you can visit safely and have a truly special experience. Reducing Brazil to favela drug wars is like reducing the US to gangland LA, Chiraq, etc. Use some critical thinking and remember that what is shown to you is only a tiny fragment of an infinite, developing story, squeezed into text/video/anecdote

[@gamerdrew2761]

Visiting a country should never require any level of street smarts to stay safe lol

[@capslock6303]

@@gamerdrew2761have fun in your bubble honey 😙

[@DizzyMakavelli]

@@gamerdrew2761 Bro visiting your grandma on the other side of town requires street smart... What you're talking about?

[@rahimrahimi15]

Shut up, man, why should Americans go abroad or bother going when they have 50 countries of 50 natures, why should they go when everything in the country itself is available to them?

[@gardenguster5271]

Except you have the largest gang problem in the world. Its not the peoples fault but this type of situation does not occur in America.

[@lordjael]

There's always much coverage in regards to the violence and drugs wars here, but I lived in the favela of Pavão-Pavãozinho-Cantagalo for nearly a year and didn't have a single problem. These wars are strictly reserved for the opposition. The traffickers are nice and really have a bond with the community because this is obviously where they come from. You're more likely to be robbed outside of the favela than you ar inside of it because the traffickers don't want any more police presence there than there already is. Police will die. Drug traffickers will die. & so will innocent bystanders. Cidade Marvilhosa is a wonderful place, but I cant be remiss in regards to Brazil, as a whole being magical. My greatest times hav come in Porto Alegre and Salvador, but the natural beauty is incredibly magnificent in Rio de Janeiro and second to none in the world. Brazil will welcome you with open arms and you will be embraced once you begin learning Portuguese and accepting the culture that is being offered. It isn't all violence, nor is it all heavenly. Just put your best foot forward and don't be aloof, naive, frightened, or ignorant when you come here. Many blessings.

[@mickl9567]

I always wanted to visit , but there's too many news and coverages reporting the bad blood happening in Brazil

[@peraltaman]

So if i go there not knwoing the language ill be ok? Doubt it

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

Yeah no thanks, I've never set foot in a country with violent crime statistics like that, I'm sure the local traffickers are really nice to everyone they don't murder, but what they do directly leads to people dying, they do that despite everything and nothing that anyone will say disprove the fact that they are willingly harming others. Also murdering your opposition isn't something normal people do, and you shouldn't be normalizing that sort of behaviour. I've also never experienced as much trans & homophobia and general bigotry as I have with people from that side of the world, so I highly doubt your country is as nice and accepting as you claim it is, they accept you I'm sure, but will they except others? That I wouldn't be too sure of.

[@chikushodiz91]

@@HandleMyBallsKZbin what country do you live in? America

[@thereaper7682]

No thanks.. South America is just not a safe place let alone Brazil. So much crimes and murder because of drug and poverty

[@lordsteppergod7269]

A great movie idea,Brazil Drug Gangs vs Mexican Drug Cartels

[@a3.148]

Pendejadas.

[@lukhanyozimela9715]

wow vice, is it cartel Sunday or something?

[@mannyvenus]

Do Northern ireland and interview the ira next

[@samsonsoturian6013]

The IRA has been defunct for decades and most of its members jailed for unrelated crimes.

[@Leeroy6572]

Think Vice is making a monopoly on drug vids, 🙄🇬🇧

[@Astrojamus]

vice reporter is like ehhh lets just do a zoom call for this one lol

[@miguelsantos000]

You've used the wrong "Cristo Rei" - the footage you use is a Cristo Rei in Portugal

[@Ghetto_Bird]

Please just get rid of this polaroid filter (or whatever I should call it). It adds no value whatsoever and it's kind of ridiculous imo. Great journalism otherwise.

[@velezmarzc1229]

This gangs reminds me of the thousand of jailed journalists, fårmêrs in vietnąm so far such as Tran Huynh Duy Thuc , Pham Chi Dung , Nguyen Tuong Thuy , Pham Chi Thanh , Can Thi Theu , Le Dinh Luong , Truong Minh Duc , Nguyen Trung Ton , Pham Van Troi , Hoang Duc Binh , Tran Anh Kim , Pham Van Diep and the green environmentalist Nguy Thi Khanh.

[@deionle9355]

great

[@luizpereiraangelo]

6:43 there is a lot of them, just not much as the younger ones, Marcola himself and Marcinho VP are like 50y old

[@Pissaiterence]

Brazil is not just Rio. This articles always cite Brazils violence as a chaotic horror movie, though they focus in specific places. Not every favela is dangerous. If you check numbers, murders per year in Brazil are half the number of overdoses in USA. We don’t have an opiate epidemic here (yet). So is Brazil that violent? And isn’t fentanyl overdose as violent as a murder? I honestly don’t think the dealers care, being a gun or a syringe, just another shot. What if every video about usa portrayed Detroit, wouldn’t it be missguiding. Anyway. Come to South America, not just Brazil. We have great places and people here. Be modest and don’t try to go to a favela playing gangster that you should be fine.

[@thewhitedevilfromthebible5899]

@ victor imagine comparing drug overdoses to people being murdered 🤡. Brazil is extremely violent and very racist as we can see . Go cope some more dummy

[@miahconnell23]

I have been spared, or excused, or allowed to get on without violence MANY times in Brazil. In all my experiences, I have found Brazilians to be more humane than people in other places. If my experiences could be replicated in Boston or NYC, I’m certain that I’d’ve been killed or very badly hurt.

[@mrnarason]

not sure why you are comparing murders to drug overdoses. I've been to Brazil and it was fine for the most part. But I can't do stuff there like I did in the US, like walk around my phone or wear headphones in the streets. It's certainly more dangerous.

[@ericreed4535]

Overdoses aren't homicides 😂. 35 of the world's 50 most dangerous cities are in 3 countries, Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuela. Rio isn't even in the top 10 of Brazil's most dangerous cities.

[@roach6992]

Bro what

[@abuuali]

The video was Uploaded Just 5 Minutes ago and there's already a lot of comments about it you guys time travel ? 😂

[@passaroquetemasanaovoa]

People comment without watching, it’s simple like this.

[@stvnleyoficial]

as a brazilian I can say this guy know a lot of the history of our favelas and factions

[@VitorHAM]

basically talking about Rio's scene which is really endemic, it does not picture Brazil's drugs scene as a whole since it is centered around PCC and its actions

[@mr_c_rm6932]

15:12 there's a shot of the italian police, not brazilian...

[@vitorcavalheiro1144]

loads of shots used weren't from brazil, i'm pretty sure u noticed

[@mr_c_rm6932]

@@vitorcavalheiro1144 fortunately just saw that one 🤣

[@mrgeez1]

He mentioned in the video that PCC deals with Ndrangheta which is Italian

[@diegopereira7281]

❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️ No Brasil também existem pessoas trabalhadoras , estudantes , e que se esforçam muito para conseguir sobreviver em um país com a desigualdade social , desemprego , inflação , racismo estrutural , evasão escolar e a violência em números alarmantes . O melhor do Brasil é o brasileiro porque eles não desistem nunca de transformar sua realidade para algo melhor . O brasileiro é um povo sofrido é , portanto isso fez com que o povo brasileiro ficasse um povo guerreiro . Não é qualquer problema que vai derrotar um brasileiro. O Enem está aí para provar todo ano com milhões de brasileiros estudando para a maior prova do mundo para entrar em uma universidade federal e melhorar de vida. ❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️

[@CatCutCigarette]

Em qualquer país que vive no limbo como o seu, existe!

[@passaroquetemasanaovoa]

Que comentário bost@

[@stanmarsh820]

Foi a ignorancia e incapacidade de entender que os principais culpados do problema de seu país é o próprio povo, maioria de analfabetos políticos, que o Líbano chegou no ponto de não ter energia e seus jovens fugindo para outros países. O povo Libanês seguia a mesma lógica de ser um povo resistente, adaptativo, quando não passavam de sapos sendo fervidos lentamente até chegar o ponto de serem cozidos. Brasileiros como você se iludem da mesma forma, se iludem com a idéia de meritocracia que o sistema vende para manter-los obedientes. Mas a realidade é que seu país vive um desemprego de pessoas qualificadas, e com a fuga dos quem tem oportunidade e são cientes o suficiente para entender que o futuro do Brasil é a ruína.

[@GothboiKenzy]

Welcome to Brazil

[@p4nico63]

crime will never end, speaking of São Paulo Brazil.

[@arturporto7185]

subtitle correction 12:02 - "Eu sou gringo, não falo português"

[@RafaelMunizYT]

I'm from rio and learned a bit from this video. every word he said is 100% true

[@publicbeheading]

What happened to the training to be the cartel hitman video? Can't even play it

[@Tesla_ofthe_Skies]

This is wack, I remember when Vice would go on location, find sources, stash/cook houses and get them on camera. Now we just have people doing zoom meeting while giving an oral research report