Brazil’s Justice and Public Security Minister, Flávio Dino, revealed plans to change the country’s terrorism law. The goal is to include criminal gangs under its scope. The change aims to weaken these organizations financially through stricter sanctions. This proposed change follows a wave of violence in Rio de Janeiro. There, criminal gangs set fire to […]
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