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Comando Vermelho (Portuguese for ''Red Command'' or ''Red Commando'') is a major Brazilian criminal organization engaged primarily in arms and drug trafficking.〔(Conflict Encyclopedia, Brazil, non-state conflict, Comando Vermelho - Terceiro Comando ) from Uppsala Conflict Data Program accessed 21 December 2013〕 The group was formed in 1979 when a collection of ordinary convicts and left-wing political prisoners were incarcerated together during the military dictatorship of 1964-1985 and formed ''Falange Vermelha'' (Red Phalanx).〔 In the early 1980s the group changed its name to the ''Comando Vermelho'' and is said to have lost its political ideology.〔 The Comando Vermelho controls parts of Rio de Janeiro and has fought several small-scale conflicts (in 2001 and 2004) with the rival gang Terceiro Comando which itself emerged from a power struggle amongst the leaders of Comando Vermelho during the mid-1980s.〔 The organization is a collection of independent cells rather than having a strict hierarchy, however prominent bosses include Luiz Fernando da Costa, Isaias da Costa Rodrigues.〔(Red Command ) by ''InSight Crime''〕 In late June 2007, Rio de Janeiro police launched a large-scale assault on the area where up to 24 people were killed. According to a study by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's Violence Research Center, in 2008 the group controlled 38.8% of the city's most violent areas, down from 53% in 2005. ==Comando Vermelho and Funk== The Comando is always looking to attract new Brazilian youth and bring them into their ranks. In addition to sponsoring groups like neighborhood associations and special interest clubs, and organizing sporting events, one of the most common ways in which the criminal organization is able to catch the youth's attention is through the popular musical style of funk, a form of Brazilian "booty music" derived from Miami Bass. Due to the genre's popularity with young Brazilians, the group "is known to have subsidized funk parties to recruit young kids for drug dealing".〔Behague, Gerard. "Rap, Reggae, Rock, or Samba: The Local and the Global in Brazilian Popular Music (1985-95)." Latin American Music Review 27, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2006)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comando Vermelho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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