Security Update (Wed)

As news spread that the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) is planning to define the crime of terrorism in the penal code, prompted by the two recent waves of attacks by the prison-based PCC gang in São Paulo, the gang staged a new series of pinprick raids and warned that it might unleash violent actions 'of hitherto unseen proportions'. This has strengthened the arguments of those who have been demanding legal instruments to strike back.