
Bruno Langeani
Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz
twitter: @blangeani
email: langeani [at] alumni [dot] york [dot] ac [dot] uk
Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz
twitter: @blangeani
email: langeani [at] alumni [dot] york [dot] ac [dot] uk
small arms and light weapons (SALW) | Latin America | arms trafficking
Bruno Langeani advises, as a Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz’s research, monitoring, and advocacy projects related to arms control and police and criminal justice reform. He recently directed information gathering efforts at the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro State Justice Courts regarding unlawful arrests and criminal sentencing. He worked closely with the São Paulo Military Police Commander to improve stop-and-frisk procedures and crowd management. He has done several projects related with profiling of firearms and ammunition, lifecycle and diversion of weapons and its impact on armed violence. He also conducted an evaluation of the Global Firearms Programme for UNODC.
Langeani obtained degrees in Law and International Relations from the Mackenzie and Catholic Universities of São Paulo and a Master Degree in Public Policy at the University of York (UK), and is an alumni of the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program (The International Visitor Leadership Program - IVLP) .
Recent publications:
Bruno Langeani advises, as a Manager, Instituto Sou da Paz’s research, monitoring, and advocacy projects related to arms control and police and criminal justice reform. He recently directed information gathering efforts at the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro State Justice Courts regarding unlawful arrests and criminal sentencing. He worked closely with the São Paulo Military Police Commander to improve stop-and-frisk procedures and crowd management. He has done several projects related with profiling of firearms and ammunition, lifecycle and diversion of weapons and its impact on armed violence. He also conducted an evaluation of the Global Firearms Programme for UNODC.
Langeani obtained degrees in Law and International Relations from the Mackenzie and Catholic Universities of São Paulo and a Master Degree in Public Policy at the University of York (UK), and is an alumni of the U.S. Department of State's premier professional exchange program (The International Visitor Leadership Program - IVLP) .
Recent publications:
- "Violência armada no Brasil e a performance do Estado brasileiro no combate ao tráfico de armas e munições" in VIOLÊNCIA NO BRASIL: desafio das periferias. Fundação Perseu Abramo, December 2022.
- "Mudança do perfil da arma do crime nos estados de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro (2017-2022)," Instituto Sou da Paz, October, 2022.
- “Civil society participation in firearms collection and destruction in non-conflict scenarios,” IANSA Briefing Paper, June 2022.
- "Fatal Diversion – The Leakage of Weapons from the Legal to the Illegal Market in the State of São Paulo," Instituto Sou da Paz, May, 2022.
- "Armed violence, police violence and the arms trade in brazil," Instituto Sou da Paz and others, 2021, now available in English.*
- "Arma de fogo no Brasil: gatilho da violência," Telha, 2021
- "Política de armas de Bolsonaro facilita o novo cangaço, como em Araçatuba," Folha de São Paulo, September, 2021.
- "Violência armada, violência policial e comércio de armas," with Natália Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz, July 2021.
- "Rio’s Arsenal: An analysis of ammunition seizures in the state of Rio de Janeiro (2014-2017)," with Natália Pollachi, Instituto Sou da Paz, October 2020.