WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department on Monday put Brazil and South Africa on a human trafficking watch list, citing what it said were failures of both countries to demonstrate progress on the issue ...

Brazil's deadliest ever police operation has triggered protests against the use of excessive force and calls for Rio's ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil's recent history, with human rights organizations calling for investigations into the deaths.

The United States on Monday downgraded Brazil and South Africa, both key targets of President Donald Trump, in a report on efforts to combat human trafficking.

Brazilian police and soldiers launched a raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, sparking shootouts ...

A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and ...

Brightly colored birds like toucans and macaws, boxes of tortoises, and monkeys and a python were among 700 rescued animals taken to a central facility to receive ...

The U.S. State Department has added Brazil and South Africa to its human-trafficking watch list, citing what it called both countries’ failure to show sufficient progress on combating the crime. ・The ...

Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested 45 people and rescued hundreds of exotic animals in the biggest ever operation against wildlife traffickers in the world's most biodiverse nation. Brightly colored ...