In preparation for the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian police have been working hard to cut crime.<br /><br />Their target has been the gangs that run the shantytowns.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from the Rio de Janeiro slum Complexo do Alemao, where the police have reclaimed control.<br /><br />About 1,700 soldiers and 150 police now patrol the slum, but drug trafficking is still continuing.
