Primeiro Comando da Capital
| Founded | 1993 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Taubaté prison, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Territory | Brazil and bordering countries |
| Ethnicity | Brazilians |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, terrorism, murder, fraud, pimping, arms trafficking, extortion, assault, money laundering, smuggling, kidnapping, highway robbery, bribery, gambling and human trafficking |
| Rivals | Terceiro Comando, Comando Vermelho |
Primeiro Comando da Capital, or PCC ("First Command of the Capital", Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾiˈmejɾu koˈmɐ̃du da kapiˈtaw]), is, according to a 2012 Brazilian Government report, the largest Brazilian criminal organization with a membership of 13,000 members, 6,000 of whom are in prison.
The criminal organization is based largely in the state of São Paulo and is active in at least 22 of the country's 27 states, as well as in Paraguay and Bolivia. Since its inception, PCC has been responsible for several criminal activities such as prison breaks, prison riots, drug trafficking and highway robbery. The name refers to the state capital, city of São Paulo.
In 2012, a wave of violence in Sao Paulo killed upwards of 100 people including many police officers allegedly following the breakdown of an informal truce between the gang and the police.
The PCC was founded on August 31, 1993, by eight prisoners at Taubaté Penitentiary, called Piranhão (Big Piranha) in the state of São Paulo. At the time this was the safest jail in the state.
The group got together during a soccer game. When prisoners were transferred from the city of São Paulo to the Piranhão as punishment for bad behavior, they decided to name their football team the Capital Command.
The initial members were Misael "Misa" Aparecido da Silva, Wander Eduardo "Cara Gorda" (Fat Face) Ferreira, Antônio Carlos Roberto da Paixão, Isaías "Esquisito" (Weird) Moreira do Nascimento, Ademar "Dafé" dos Santos, Antônio "Bicho Feio" (Ugly Beast) Carlos dos Santos, César "Césinha" (Little César) Augusto Roris da Silva and José "Geleião" (Big Jelly) Márcio Felício.
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