Assessing the Security of Brazil's World Cup 2014

Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup from June 12 to July 13 in a dozen of its cities, including Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Brazil hosted the World Cup in 1950 without any major incident, but since then the country has transformed in many ways, including becoming one of the world's largest economies. It still struggles with corruption, rampant crime and occasional bouts of social unrest, however, and criminal and subversive elements will no doubt exploit the opportunities created by the approaching World Cup. This global event will face the threats of crime against spectators, online attacks, transportation disruptions and civil unrest in the form of protests.