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EXTREME VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL FACTIONS: THE AMAZON BIGGEST PROBLEMS

Extreme violence and the presence of criminal factions are the biggest problems in the legal amazon, shows a study by the Brazilian public security forum. The rate of violent deaths in the legal amazon is 45% higher than the national average; murders grew by 7.3% in rural cities in the region between 2021 and 2022. At least 22 criminal factions act in 178 municipalities, which home 57.9% of the entire population of the region comprised of nine Brazilian states The study called “Cartography of Violence in the Amazon” was presented at COP 28, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the latest edition of a series of works prepared by the Brazilian Public Security Forum (FBSP) in partnership with the Instituto Mãe Crioula (IMC), based in Belém, Pará.

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