Meet the PCC: 30,000 Members, Bigger Than Any Cartel, and Flying Under the Radar

Stephen Dudley is the co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas.

Video Chapters:

(00:00) Brazil's Organized Crime Landscape: PCC and Red Command

(07:15) Marcola, the PCC's Leadership, and the 2006 São Paulo Shutdown

(10:41) How the PCC Compares to Mexican Cartels

(15:05) PCC's Global Partners, U.S. Presence, and $1B Crypto Laundering

(20:05) Red Command, the Amazon Cocaine Corridor, and Tren de Aragua in Brazil

(26:10) Ideology, Criminal Governance, and the U.S. Terrorist Designations

(35:40) CJNG After El Mencho and Why the Kingpin Strategy Fails

Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original.

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