One of Brazil's top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique – underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command (PCC) gang, Brazil's most powerful criminal organization.
Officials in both countries revealed the arrest of the Brazilian cocaine kingpin. Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, aka "Fuminho," had been on the run for more than 20 years until his capture in Maputo on Monday, and was one of Brazil's "most-wanted" fugitives, federal police said in a statement. "The prisoner was considered the largest supplier of cocaine to a gang operating throughout Brazil, as well as being responsible for sending tonnes of the drug to several countries," the statement said.
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