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Gangsta's Paradise: How Brazil's Criminals (and Police) Use Social Media

By Robert Muggah

Brazil's relentless war on drugs has gone online, with dangerous consequences for both sides

Rio de Janeiro´s most wanted drug trafficker, Playboy, died in a hail of police gunfire at his girlfriend´s apartment this month. Photographs of his bullet-riddled body began circulating on the Internet within minutes of his demise. So did an ...

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