Over the past decade, Brazil’s main organized criminal groups have expanded their territorial reach and diversified their revenues, increasingly penetrating the mining sector as violence spread closer to extraction sites. Beyond profiting from illegal gold mining, criminal groups have sought to extort formal extraction sites and infiltrate legitimate mineral supply chains to launder illicit proceeds, amid raising concerns that their activities could extend to other minerals as the sector expands.
Following the reelection of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on 25 October, mining development remains a strategic priority and a focus of growing geopolitical interest. The administration’s approach to mineral extraction, environmental regulation, and Indigenous territorial protections, and public security could significantly shape criminal dynamics and mining-related violence in the coming years.
Join ACLED on 12 November at 12 p.m. Rio de Janeiro | 3 p.m. London for a webinar to examine the growing overlap between criminal violence and mining activities in Brazil, the risks facing Indigenous communities, and how the incoming administration’s mining and security policies could reshape these dynamics in 2027 and coming years. The conversation will feature Júlia Lins Franciotti, South America Analyst at ACLED, and Maria José Guerra, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Data Specialist at the International Land Coalition. This webinar will be moderated by Tiziano Breda, Latin America Senior Analyst at ACLED.
Source: acleddata.com
