Police in Rio Suspect German Tourist was Killed in Santa Cruz
According to the Barra da Tijuca battalion command, Christoph Josef was murdered by Luiz Fernando Pereira Garcia, in the neighborhood...
May 23, 2017Topic
crime
Leblon Has Most Pedestrian Robberies in Rio’s Zona Sul
Long regarded as the most affluent and safest neighborhood in Rio, the upmarket Leblon now has the unfortunate honor of...
May 19, 2017
Leblon Residents and Merchants Mobilize Neighborhood Security Initiative
With the frustration mounting over the latest rash of robberies and break-ins in the neighborhood's most well-known establishments, residents and...
May 16, 2017
Brazil Sends 300 National Force Troops to Help Security in Rio
On Monday, May 15th, the reinforcement of three hundred police officers of the National Force, which arrived in Rio two...
May 12, 2017
Violence Erupts as Gang War Engulfs Area in Rio’s Zona Norte
A war between drug gang factions in the Cidade Alta, of Cordovil, in the Zona Norte (North Zone) of Rio...
May 3, 2017
Police Arrest Largest Synthetic Drug Dealer in Rio
A former military police officer was arrested on Thursday (April 13th) by the civil police suspected of being the largest...
April 14, 2017
Officer Killed at Lei Seca Point in Rio’s Baixada Fluminense
A military police officer was killed during an Operação Lei Seca (Operation Dry Law) drunk driving blitz checkpoint in the...
April 5, 2017
NGO Files Human Rights Complaint Against Brazil with UN
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Justiça Global filed a complaint with the UN Rapporteurship on Summary and Arbitrary Executions on the...
April 4, 2017
Video of Police Executing Two Men Shocks Rio de Janeiro
The video of military police in Rio de Janeiro executing two young men was circulated by social media and quickly...
March 31, 2017