Rio to Increase Police Force for World Cup
Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão, announced that this week 2,000 policemen will begin to work on holidays and time off in...
May 6, 2014Topic
crime
British Oil Worker Killed in Rio Carjacking: Daily
Peter Campsie, a British oilworker living in Rio de Janeiro state was shot and killed in apparent carjacking in Niterói.
April 5, 2014
Arrests Made After Occupation of Complexo da Maré in Rio
Police and military begin occupation of the Complexo da Maré favela peacefully and make numerous arrests and seized arms and...
April 1, 2014
Army to Occupy Maré in Preparation for UPP
The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral, has announced that federal troops will occupy the Complexo da Maré, a...
March 25, 2014
Rio Police Deaths in 2014 Almost Equal to 2013
Recent violence has left almost as many police officers dead this year as in the entire year of 2013 in...
March 11, 2014
Rio Sees 25 Percent Rise in Bus Robberies
In 2012, the ISP registered 4,112 crimes between January and October, the total for the equivalent period in 2013 was...
February 18, 2014
Residential Robberies in Rio on the Rise
When comparing July through September of 2012 to the same period in 2013, there was a 23.8 percent increase of...
January 28, 2014
Crisis Over Prisons in Brazil Continues
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff defended her government's public safety policies amid growing outrage over violence at Brazil's overcrowded prisons.
January 21, 2014
New Report Shows Crime on the Rise in Rio
ISP reports there were 3,501 intentional homicides in Rio state between January and September 2013 – up 14.9 percent compared...
January 21, 2014