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Police helicopters sweep Brazil slums ahead of World Cup
With less than three months to go until the World Cup in Brazil, the police have been sent into Rio's favelas - its shanty towns - in a bid to clean up the streets.
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Police helicopters sweep Brazil slums ahead of World Cup
Ten weeks before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, police are making a final push to sweep clean some of Rio's most crime-ridden areas.
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Ten weeks before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, police are making a final push to sweep clean some of Rio's most crime-ridden areas. Just a mile from the airport where teams and fans will arrive, there were scenes today resembling a military operation.
ITV News Brazil Correspondent Nick Ravenscroft reports:
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Brazil officers push into Rio slums ahead of World Cup
About 1,000 Brazilian officers have begun invading a huge complex of slums near Rio de Janeiro's international airport, the latest area to be targeted for the government's "pacification" programme.
'No resistance' from Rio gangs as police go in
ITV News Brazil Correspondent Nick Ravenscroft, who is with the military police as they go in to Rio's favelas, reports:
Police try to clean up streets ahead of Brazil World Cup
With 10 weeks to go until the World Cup in Brazil, the military police have been sent in to Rio's favelas - its shanty towns - in a bid to clean up the streets.
ITV News Brazil Correspondent Nick Ravenscroft has joined them on the operation:
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Police helicopters sweep Brazil slums ahead of World Cup
Ten weeks before the start of the World Cup in Brazil, police are making a final push to sweep clean some of Rio's most crime-ridden areas.