How is the law and order in Brazil?

Rio slum

I still remember that in Fast and Furious 5, in order to avoid being chased by the police, the bosses Dominic, Brian and Mia hid in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, where criminals and drug trafficking groups were concentrated.

According to the Legal Daily, there are more than 900 slums in Rio, the second largest city in Brazil, where more than one fifth of the city's population lives. Most slums are built on the mountain and have been controlled by criminal gangs for many years, making slums a gathering place for drug smuggling, gun smuggling and violent crimes, which brings serious hidden dangers to social security.

On the way to Brazil, you are constantly reminded of matters needing attention in Brazil, such as taking a small amount of cash, not going out at night, not acting alone and so on. When I arrived in Sao Paulo, the tour leader also constantly emphasized safety issues, and hired bodyguards specifically for cycling in Brazil. The atmosphere is quite tense.

Living in downtown Sao Paulo, in the words of the tour leader, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Around the hotel, there are people of all colors, homeless people sleeping on the streets, black markets for drug trafficking and, of course, street girls. There is no trash can, and the garbage is dumped everywhere. Small needles for injecting drugs can be seen from time to time in the garbage, which is rarely seen by the police. Later, the overseas Chinese who showed us around also said that they seldom went to our place of residence and generally dared not come by car at night. We are going deep into the slums and experiencing life. Of course, where rich people live, social security is relatively good. Slums in Brazil are controlled by police, gangs or drug cartels.

A tramp whose home is heaven and earth.

In front of the nightclub in the red light district?

On the balcony where they stayed, the police photographed them and held them behind a small tree. Here, I don't know whether I am happy or sad to see the police.

A warm building in the red light district

Perhaps, in the eyes of different people, Brazil's social security is different. These policemen and bodyguards are well-informed, and the negative things in their eyes are often sensitive. Maybe they are the eyes of fire, the unstable elements on the street, which can be seen at a glance, but we turn a blind eye. Maybe the danger passed us by, but we didn't realize it. Of course, there are news reports of robberies and murders on Brazilian radio every day, which also confirms the current situation of public security in Brazil. In the eyes of these people, China people are little sheep, and in the eyes of these people all over the world, China people are also little sheep.