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BRAZIL'S RIO ARRESTS 63 POLICE CORRUPTION CRACKDOWN

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Investigators in Rio de Janeiro arrested 63 police officers and 11 alleged drug traffickers today after a year-long bribery probe and ongoing efforts to stamp out police corruption ahead of the World Cup in 2014 and Summer Olympics in 2016.
The arrests, part of a crackdown on Rio's historically violent and corrupt state police force, follow an investigation into bribes that drug dealers allegedly paid to police officers so they could operate without interference. The arrests were centered around Duque de Caxias, one of the crime-ridden suburbs that make up the gritty outskirts of the coastal metropolis.
The officers and others arrested were charged with crimes including drug trafficking, corruption and kidnapping. The activities, state police officials said, were carried out in the favelas, or slums, north of central Rio.
Officials have gone to great lengths to clean up Rio and the surrounding state of the same name before the international sporting events, which are expected to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors. 
But the violence, corruption and drug trade that have plagued Brazil's second-biggest city thrive in all but the few neighbourhoods where the events will take place.
Combined with construction delays, missed budgets and a stagnant Brazilian economy, security concerns add to growing uncertainty ahead of the competitions. On Tuesday, officials at the International Olympic Committee reminded Rio that "time is ticking" ahead of the games.

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