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Bruno Langeani

Bruno Langeani

Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW)
Latin America
Arms Trafficking
Consultant | Instituto Sou da Paz
Languages:
Spanish
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Email:
langeani@alumni.york.ac.uk

Bruno Langeani advises Instituto Sou da Paz’s research projects related to regulation and the illicit market of weapons and ammunition, drug policy and police and criminal justice reform.  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) .

Featured Publications

A Nova Cadeia de Suprimentos do Crime: flexibilização, armas de maior poder de fogo e a ‘substituição de importações’ no mercado ilícito brasileiro

(Firearms | July 1, 2026.
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Obliterated Weapon Markings: A technical analysis of marking obliteration, methods of recovery, and good practice in implementing the International Tracing Instrument

Conflict Armament Research and UNODA | June 11, 2026.
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O fenômeno das armas 3D e as lições da Operação ShadowGun

(The phenomenon of 3D weapons and the lessons of Operation ShadowGun) Fonte Segura | March 18, 2026.
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Publications

  • A Nova Cadeia de Suprimentos do Crime: flexibilização, armas de maior poder de fogo e a ‘substituição de importações’ no mercado ilícito brasileiro
    (Firearms | July 1, 2026.
  • Obliterated Weapon Markings: A technical analysis of marking obliteration, methods of recovery, and good practice in implementing the International Tracing Instrument
    Conflict Armament Research and UNODA | June 11, 2026.
  • O fenômeno das armas 3D e as lições da Operação ShadowGun
    (The phenomenon of 3D weapons and the lessons of Operation ShadowGun) Fonte Segura | March 18, 2026.
  • Ghost Guns Are Increasingly Empowering Brazil’s Powerful Gangs
    interview with Bruno Langeani by Marina Cavalari | October 29, 2025.
  • Blind Fire: The Rise of Military-Style Firearms amid Regulatory Failures and Data Deficiency in Brazil
    Journal of Illicit Economies and Development | September 23, 2025.
  • Lei tem de ser mas rigorosa contra uso de fuzis
    O Globo | August 12, 2025.
  • O que se espera com a transferência de fiscalização dos CACs para a Polícia Federal?
    Fonte Segura | July 9, 2025.
  • Alarmados e desinformados: o aumento da apreensão de fuzis no Brasil
    Fonte Segura | May 28, 2025.
  • Operação Dakovo: Como um posto da PRF na Bahia iniciou o maior golpe no tráfico de armas
    Fonte Segura | January 28, 2025.
  • A indústria varre para baixo do tapete suas armas do crime
    Correio Braziliense | May 14, 2024.
  • Desvio de metralhadoras em Barueri é só mais um exemplo do precário controle de arsenais estatais no Brasil
    Fonte Segura | October 31, 2023.
  • La herencia negativa de Bolsonaro (2019-2022) a la próxima generación brasileña Bruno Langeani
    page 12 | 2019
  • VIOLÊNCIA NO BRASIL: desafio das periferias
    VIOLÊNCIA NO BRASIL: desafio das periferias. Fundação Perseu Abramo | 2022
  • Civil society participation in firearms collection and destruction in non-conflict scenarios
    IANSA Briefing Paper | August 29, 2022.
  • Fatal Diversion – The Leakage of Weapons from the Legal to the Illegal Market in the State of São Paulo
    May | 2022
  • Mudança do perfil da arma do crime nos estados de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro (2017-2022)
    Instituto Sou da Paz | 2017
  • Violência armada, violência policial e comércio de armas
    Sou da Paz | 2021
  • Arma de fogo no Brasil: gatilho da violência
    Telha | 2021
  • Política de armas de Bolsonaro facilita o novo cangaço, como em Araçatuba
    September | 2021
  • Armed violence, police violence and the arms trade in brazil
    Sao da Paz and others | 2021
  • Rio’s Arsenal: An analysis of ammunition seizures in the state of Rio de Janeiro (2014-2017)
    Instituto Sou da Paz | 2014