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In a new season of Bloomberg Investigates, we take you inside a brazen bank robbery by a shadowy organization spreading its influence all over the world.
A 20-minute shootout between police officers and armed robbers caused a bloodbath in one of Brazil's most violent states.
Some 30 bank robbers armed with “bazookas” took over a city in southern Brazil, setting cars on fire, starting gun fights with police and eventually leaving money strewn across the streets to ...
Heavily armed bank robbers invade a second Brazilian city just one day after criminals struck in a similar incident on the other side of the country.
Brazil hostages describe terrifying ordeal as bank robbers used them as human shields on getaway cars.
Cars burnt during a bank robbery are seen in Aracatuba, a city some 520 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil, on August 30, 2021. The criminals were one step ahead of law enforcement officials during their ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — A large gang of heavily armed bank robbers invaded the Brazilian city of Cameta just one day after a similar force struck another mid-sized city on the opposite side of the ...
Sao Paulo — Heavily armed gangsters strapped hostages to their getaway cars after robbing two banks in Brazil, in a rampage that left three people dead, police and reports said Monday. Using ...
Monday, bank robbers in Araçatuba, Brazil, used hostages as human shields. They tied the hostages to their cars and escaped after robbing two banks.
RIO DE JANEIRO --At least 12 people, including two children, were killed Friday when police engaged in a shootout with bank robbers, according to authorities in northeastern Brazil. The two ...
A gang of armed men reportedly stormed a bank in the northern Brazilian city of Cametá 24 hours after a similar attack in the southern city of Criciúma.
In a jaw-dropping breach of trust and security, hackers stole an estimated $140 million (roughly R$800 million) from six ...