Brazil’s Criminal Underworld Goes Digital: Fintech, Firearms, and Hezbollah Ties

Brazil's most powerful criminal organizations, particularly the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), are increasingly leveraging fintech companies—especially those that operate fully online and use cryptocurrencies—to launder illicit profits from drug trafficking and other illegal enterprises.

A recent Brazilian Federal Police investigation, prompted by Israeli intelligence, revealed that a Syrian-Lebanese man linked to Hezbollah,