Residential Robberies in Rio on the Rise
By Mary Bolling Blackiston, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Home burglaries in Rio appear to be on the rise. According to the latest survey from the Instituto de Segurança Publica...
View ArticleRio Sees 25 Percent Rise in Bus Robberies
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Figures released by the Public Security Institute (ISP) show that robberies on buses in the state of Rio de Janeiro have gone up by...
View ArticleRio Police Deaths in 2014 Almost Equal to 2013
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Recent violence has left almost as many police officers dead this year as in the entire year of 2013. In the state of Rio de Janeiro,...
View ArticleArmy to Occupy Maré in Preparation for UPP
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral, has announced that federal troops will occupy the Complexo da Maré, a complex of...
View ArticleArrests Made After Occupation of Complexo da Maré in Rio
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Sunday morning, March 30th, police and armed forces began the occupation of the Complexo da Maré, a group of favelas in Rio’s Zona...
View ArticleBritish Oil Worker Killed in Rio Carjacking: Daily
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Late on Wednesday (April 4th) Peter Campsie, a British oilworker living in Rio de Janeiro state was shot and killed in apparent carjacking...
View ArticleRio to Increase Police Force for World Cup
By Benjamin Parkin, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, announced that this week 2,000 policemen will begin to work on holidays and time off...
View ArticleBrazil Police Strike in World Cup Host Cities: Daily
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Police officers in several states in Brazil led a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, less than 21 days before the beginning of the World Cup. Strikers...
View ArticlePolice Operations in Lapa Deemed a Success in 2014
By Kate Rintoul, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to authorities Operação Lapa Presente (Operation Today’s Lapa) has been highly successful in terms of arrests. An official...
View ArticleProsecutors Plan Clampdown on Corruption in Rio: Daily
By Kate Rintoul, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Federal prosecutors in Rio (RJ-MPF) have launched the Center for Combating Corruption, a special unit with greater powers to tackle civil...
View ArticleAnnual March in Rio Protests Racial Violence by Police
By Chris Kudialis, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Friday (August 22nd), hundreds of Rio’s citizens participated in the second annual Marcha InterNacional contra o Genocídio do Povo...
View ArticleUN Envoy Calls for Change in Brazil’s Prisons
By Kate Rintoul, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — In the last week of August, riots broke out in four prisons across Brazil, killing eight inmates and prompting the UN to call for reforms...
View ArticleResidents Tell of Abuse by Pacification Force in Maré
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Government news agency, Agência Brasil, reported that since the Army’s occupation of the Complexo da Maré favela community in Rio last March...
View ArticleArmed Men Attack Niterói Hospital to Free Accused Dealer
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In Niterói, the sister city to Rio de Janeiro across the bay, a brazen gang of armed men attacked a hospital to free a reported criminal...
View ArticleNew Zealand Murderer Phillip John Smith Escapes to Brazil
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Phillip John Smith, a convicted child molester and murderer in New Zealand, was let out on temporary leave from prison Thursday, November...
View ArticleRio to Implement Policies to Decrease Thefts on Beaches
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With summer season just around the corner and forecasts of hundreds of thousands of tourists flooding into Rio de Janeiro, city...
View ArticleMilitary Police Announce New Heads for 16 of 38 UPPs in Rio
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Major news outlet O Globo reported that the press office of the Coordinator of Pacifying Police (CPP) confirmed the change of command in 16...
View ArticleAnti Drinking and Driving Law “Lei Seca” Intensifies in Rio
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIR, BRAZIL – Operation Lei Seca (Dry Law or Prohibition) will intensify the activity during the year-end holidays, with 250 agents to be mobilized...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve to Have 33% More Police in Copacabana
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This year the security for New Year’s Eve celebrations around the state of Rio de Janeiro will be increased 25 percent according to...
View ArticlePacification Force to Stay in Complexo da Maré 6 More Months
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão announced the Pacification Force in the Complexo da Maré favela community in the Zona Norte (North Zone) of Rio...
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