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Brazilian federal police and the taxation authority conduct nationwide raids targeting organized crime schemes in the energy sector, investigating money laundering and fraud involving more than R$10 billion (US$1.9 billion) in imports, R$52 billion (US$9.7 billion) in domestic sales, and R$46 billion (US$8.6 billion) in related financial transactions.
2025-08-28

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defend Supreme Court chief Alexandre de Moraes from potential U.S. sanctions, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened over the ongoing trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
2025-06-3

Sergey Cherkasov, a Russian military intelligence official, is expelled from the Netherlands for attempting to begin an internship at the International Criminal Court in The Hague using a fake Brazilian identity. Cherkasov will now face a criminal trial in Brazil.
2022-06-16

At least 106 people are killed by mudslides and flooding in the Recife metropolitan area, Pernambuco, Brazil.
2022-05-28

A landslide leaves at least 10 people dead while eleven others are injured in Niterói, Brazil.
2018-11-10

In Paraguay, around 50 armed men, allegedly belonging to the Brazil-based Primeiro Comando da Capital criminal gang, storm a security vault and police headquarters in Ciudad del Este, escaping with around $6 million in a daring cross-border raid.
2017-04-24

A cargo train laden with corn derails in São José do Rio Preto in southeastern Brazil, smashing into houses and killing at least eight and injuring another six.
2013-11-25

The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court issues a long-time awaited order to arrest for bribery 12 former top officials who had served under ex-president Lula, in one of the nation's biggest corruption cases.
2013-11-15

The US Department of State confirms dialogue with Brazil on the alleged intelligence activity.
2013-07-8

Amgen, a U.S. based biotech firm, acquires Bergamo, a privately held Brazilian medical supplier.
2011-04-8