Exclusive-Advent-owned firm investigated in Brazil for alleged links to organized crime

By Fabio Teixeira and Ricardo Brito RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, April 23 (Reuters) - Caldic, a global chemicals distributor majority-owned by U.S. private equity firm Advent International, is under investigation in Brazil for allegedly supplying a vast methanol smuggling racket,

Brazil, United States deepen cooperation to combat organized crime

The government of Brazil on Friday announced an agreement with the United States to combat transnational crime, including illegal shupments.
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Lax gun laws in Brazil and U.S. help arm Brazil’s organized crime, study finds

SAO PAULO — Gunmen in a car opened fire last November at Sao Paulo’s airport and killed a cryptocurrency entrepreneur in a daytime hit that was one of Brazil’s most shocking recent crimes. Police at the scene recovered three semiautomatic rifles that ...
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How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University (THE CONVERSATION) Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national ...

Trump Hosts Brazil’s Leader After Months of Ups and Downs

President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, met for talks on trade and other issues. But they skipped a planned joint appearance.