Criminals create rival gangs and their conflicts concern the public. Due to the magnitude of the problem, city authorities have put in place a special police service: Metropolitan Police.

Sinchi, a special anti-drug group, was created in order to fight the drug trade in the Peruvian forest area.

Rio de Janeiro is famous for its sea-coasts and beaches loved by tourists from all over the world. Behind this postcard image, 20 percent of the population lives in shanty towns called favelas. In these zones drug dealers make their own rules.

In order to limit violence and criminality in Madagascar and Reunion Island, special police units are created to monitor the island streets.