Military policemen arrive at the Central Headquarters of Military Police after they were arrested during Operation Purification in Rio de Janeiro December 4, 2012. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Investigators in Rio de Janeiro arrested 63 police officers and 11 alleged drug traffickers on Tuesday 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 centred around Duque de Caxias, one of the crime-ridden suburbs that make up the gritty outskirts of the coastal metropolis.
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