This is because the favelas are usually overwhelmed with drug trafficking and many other dangerous events in the 1,000 favelas scattered around the city. As Theresa Williamson, founder and CEO of Catalytic Project, explains, the majority of favelas are located on the north side. Williamson also informs that around 30% of the Brazilian population lives in these slums. This information is crucial when analyzing Rio for the organization of the games since every favela is controlled by drug traffickers and crime is omnipresent. As a result, security around favelas could become an important issue for the development of Rio through