Security & Strategic Review - July 2012 (ISSN 1741-4202)

In late June a number of killings of police officers in São Paulo city, accompanied by unclear police intelligence reports, triggered fears that the state’s largest drug gang, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), was unleashing a large-scale offensive against law-enforcement agencies. A month later, though deaths had continued to mount, the authorities were confused about how the violence got started and the motives of all parties involved.

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