Due to the high levels of violence and criminal activity across the country, the efforts of different Brazilian security forces are constant and increasing. Specially when it comes to the seizure of illegal firearms in Brazil: In the first half of 2024 alone, more than 50,000 firearms have already been seized across Brazilian territory.

To show the efforts of Brazil’s different security forces in numbers, in the content below we present the number of firearms seized in each of the country’s states and regions in the first half of 2024. In addition, we present a graph with the types of firearms most seized in Brazil in the same period.