Brazilian crime show host arrested

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A popular television crime show in Brazil has a reputation for being the first to arrive at the scene of crimes. Now police may have found out why. The host has been arrested for allegedly ordering some of the crimes covered by the program. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from the BBC’s Gary Duffy in Sao Paolo.

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