'Worse Than Gangs': Rio Police Criticized for Favela Crackdowns - A new security campaign is helping authorities win back control of Rio de Janeiro's favelas ahead of next year's World Cup. Special police units are driving drug gangs out of the slums -- but often only to replace them with their own thuggish rule.

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