Drug Dealers Hierarchy

Before I start, I want to say something. I posted on our reddit sub that the blog may end if the current president manages to apply his coup, people came to curse me saying that I have to talk about marijuana in Brazil and not about politics. Friend, if you haven't noticed yet, one thing is directly linked to the other. You, in your first world country with legal or at least with good marijuana, do you not see that things are quite different here, even with several texts already written? Politics determines what happens to trafficking, politics determines what happens to favelas and marijuana, I can't talk about marijuana in Brazil without explaining our history and politics.

So yes, if the coup is achieved and repression begins, I will probably end  the blog because we already had a dictatorship a few decades ago and hundreds of people got murdered, thousands were tortured, including children of communist parents who our military wanted to kill. If they tortured children to hand over their parents, imagine what they would do with the guy who writes about the relation of poverty, drug dealers and the state to try and catch international attention. That said, we can move on to our post today. Sorry everyone, I got really pissed off about this.

 

It is really hard to find information about the hierarchy because it is a hidden organization, but I managed to find a great article that will serve as a basis for the text. These are the common roles.

Trafficking is organized, it's like a mega company. Within the crime there are not only those on the front lines, there are managers, accountants, those responsible for logistics and even graphic designers like me. When you buy a drug it comes with a design on it. See below for 3 examples of marijuana design.

"Hydroponic, R$30, any violation complain at the selling spot"

They like to make fun of Bolsonaro too

The hierarchy was reported by a journalist who investigated the structure of the drug, I will be translating a summary I made of your article below.

Scout: he is the watchman of the favela. He’s always in strategic places on the hill monitoring the activity of the police and enemies of other factions. In case of a threat, he will alert all the drug dealers network via radio or fireworks. This is a position normally held by young boys at the beginning of their “career” in trafficking.

Possible Scout

I remember seeing scouts in all the communities I visited in Rio. At Morro da Providência, one of them politely asked me to delete a photo I had taken from a staircase. In Rocinha, the same happened with the friend who accompanied me.

Airplane: the one responsible for delivering the drug inside the favela. This position is also normally held by teenagers or children.

Steam: responsible for selling the drug in the drug selling points. In addition to the salary, the steam also receives commission.

Steam or Scouts

Soldier: responsible for the security of the favela, execution of murders, assaults, etc. He's always armed, heavy weapons. You can often see a soldier roaming around, he may or may not be a good guy.

Possible Soldier

Manager: responsible for taking care of each drug "segment". The common ones are marijuana, cocaine and crack.

General manager: responsible for the supervision of the business operation on the favela and also for the administrative part that involves dismissals, admissions and accounting for example. It is the right hand of the owner of the hill and also called "front".

Owner of the favela: as the name says, it is those who have orders on the favela. Many are in prison, but even in jail they control the business. Names nationwide famous such as Marcinho VP (from Morro Dona Marta and Complexo do Alemão) are examples of owners of the favela. He’s the one responsible for everything, it’s the CEO of the Favela. 

So, did you think it was this organized, or you thought it was just a mess? It's an enterprise, an industry, a power as strong as the state. They rule were the state can't reach.

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You can support me buying my products on Redbubble, if you want to. Here's today comemorative design! There are many products with this design! You can also help donating any amount if you want to. This design is our flag colors as smoke, if you don't want to show the world you smoke weed and still want to support me. Also, I can do any design you want, please let me know.