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SP AUTHORITIES STRUGGLE AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME DOWNTOWN CAPITAL

A little over two years ago, the streets around Praça Júlio Prestes, in downtown São Paulo, occupied for over three decades by groups of drug users, were empty in the morning, and, overnight, Praça Princesa Isabel became the new address for Cracolândia in the capital. Since then, at least eight streets in the region have been taken over, at different times, by drug addicts and drug dealers. What they have in common is that the chosen locations are close to clandestine hotels run by people linked to the criminal gang First Capital Command (PCC), which controls drug trafficking in the city center.

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