# The PCC’s sprawling presence in Brazil’s economy (Preview)

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Podcast: [Explaining Brazil](https://stenobird.com/podcast/explaining-brazil-850357)
Published: 2025-09-17T18:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

A massive police operation exposed how deep Brazil's largest criminal organization has penetrated the legitimate economy. Rafael Alcadipani, a professor at the FGV’s School of Public Administration and a member of the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, unpacks: How the PCC evolved into a mafia-like organization, with multiple economic activities.The impacts of this expansion on democracy.Brazil’s federal and state-level capacity to combat organized crime.How the United States might play...

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