Drug King's Luxury Triplex Hidden In the Slums

Complexo do Alemão—one of the most dangerous and poorest slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A 731-acre sea of crumbling shacks in which pariahs survive and criminals thrive. That's where drug king Pezão had his secret luxury mansion.

The criminal's grand base was a triplex with swimming pool on the roof, bathrooms with jacuzzi, a professional kitchen packed with top-of-the-line stainless steel appliances, and air conditioning and LCD televisions in every single room. The triplex also had a private disco club inside and, what is even worse, the drug lord was a fan of Justin Bieber.
Pezão destroyed walls in his residence to extract hidden drugs, money and diverse weaponry before running away from the government invasion. However, the police were able to confiscate six tons of drugs and large quantities of weapons.
His sumptuous triplex was found by police and military forces this Sunday at 11am local time, while cleaning the area of drug traffickers and criminal gangs in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Before these operations, favelas like Complexo do Alemão were completely ruled by these crime gangs. No police forces were even allowed inside.

"No kids for drug addicts", says US charity

Drug addict sterilised for cash - but can Barbara Harris save our babies?
By Jon Swaine

Joanne was addicted to Crystal Meth when she got pregnant. She tried to give it up, but failed, and gave birth to twins who tested positive for the drug. The babies are now much more likely to develop learning difficulties, intestinal problems and skeletal defects. They were taken away by social services.
Joanne was put in touch with Project Prevention. In a brutal transaction, the group offers drug-addicted men and women hundreds of pounds in cash in return for being sterilised. The charity, founded 13 years ago by Barbara Harris, a mother of 10 from North Carolina, has since paid about 3,500 people to surrender their fertility permanently or for the long term.

Mrs Harris and her husband, Smitty, started the group after fostering four children from a crack-addicted mother in Los Angeles. They claim that the last 20 women who chose to be sterilised under their scheme had been pregnant 121 times between them, and had 78 children in foster care. Their system raises fundamental questions about people’s right to have children.
Mrs Harris has said: “We don’t allow dogs to breed. We spay them. We neuter them. We try to keep them from having unwanted puppies, and yet these women are literally having litters of children.”

Her group is now offering its services in Britain, where each year more than 1,200 babies are born addicted to drugs.

A 38-year-old heroin addict, identified only as John, has become the group’s first British customer, receiving £200. John explains his decision simply and powerfully. “I won’t be able to support a kid - I can just about manage to support myself,” he said. “I should never be a father.”

However, Martin Barnes, the chief executive of DrugScope, describes their scheme as “exploitative, ethically dubious and morally questionable.”

'’Who would be targeted next,” asked Mr Barnes. “People who smoke, have mental health problems, or live in poverty?”

Yet Mrs Harris is unrepentant. “I’ll do anything I have to do to prevent babies from suffering,” Mrs Harris said. “I’ve been called everything. I’ve been spat on. My heart is with the children. I don’t believe that anybody has the right to force their addiction on another human being.”