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Weekly InSight · February 14, 2020
UPCOMING EVENTS

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In less than thirty years, the First Command of the Capital (Primeiro Comando da Capital, PCC) has grown from a handful of prisoners into a powerful transnational criminal organization, operating in Brazil and Paraguay, and with contacts across the remainder of South America. This event will discuss the causes and consequences of the PCC’s rise and spread, as well as the increasing imitation of its organizational model by other organized crime groups.

Full program and sign-ups available next week ([link removed])

Organized by: American University’s Center for Latin, American and Latino Studies (CLALS); Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina and InSight Crime
Supported by: Universidad del Salvador, Argentina

*This event will be broadcast live in Spanish. Simultaneous English translation to be confirmed

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After months of investigation, and support from a panel of experts, the Colombian Observatory of Organized Crime will present its first findings into the role of women within organized crime groups in the region. The research will cover their roles as leaders and subordinates, as well as individual profiles.

Full program and sign-ups available next week ([link removed])

Organized by: Colombian Organized Crime Observatory, Universidad del Rosario and InSight Crime
*This event will be broadcast live in Spanish. Simultaneous English translation to be confirmed

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São Paulo, Paraguay and Beyond: The PCC’s Growing Power ([link removed])

Over the last few years, the PCC’s continued expansion into Paraguay has seen Brazil’s most powerful criminal group leave behind its roots as a prison gang to ...READ MORE ([link removed])

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InSight Crime has joined forces with the renowned National University of Rosario to launch the Colombian Observatory of Organized Crime - A platform focusing on criminal dynamics in post-conflict Colombia

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