Crime Strengthens Crime
- Author
- InSight Crime
- Published
- Thu 18 Apr 2024
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/insight-crime/episodes/Crime-Strengthens-Crime-e2iiemc
Judge Ivana David has been working in the Brazil's prison system for 30 years, which gave her a front row seat to the emergence of the PCC.
Its rise startled Brazil and beyond, but it is was not anomaly. In fact, it is part of a region-wide trend where prison-based criminal groups dominate the underworld in the Americas.
More about the PCC and our coverage on prisons and gangs at insightcrime.org
