New UPP Installed for Adeus and Baiana
The 22nd Police Pacification Unit (UPP) has been inaugurated for the favela communities of Adeus and Baiana, which neighbor Complexo...
May 15, 2012Topic
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Course for Tourist Policing Ahead of Rio+20
As Rio attempts to increase security ahead of the Rio+20, tourist police (BPTur) and the Federal University of Fluminense (UFF)...
May 8, 2012
Family to Sue After Alemão Shooting: Daily
The family of a fifteen-year-old shot in Fazendinha, a favela which forms part of the Complexo do Alemão, said they...
May 1, 2012
Niterói Crime Wave Linked to Rio UPPs
While the UPP program in Rio has had many successes, the surrounding metropolitan region has seen crime rates rise as...
April 17, 2012
Police Corporal Killed in Rocinha: Daily
Wednesday morning, Corporal Rodrigo Alves Cavalcante, a Military Police officer with the Batalhão de Choque (Shock Batalion), was shot and...
April 5, 2012
Police Accused of Abuse in Brasília: Daily
A report says that young people living on the streets of the Federal District have accused military police officers (PM)...
April 3, 2012
Community Leader Killed in Rocinha: Daily
Vanderlan Barros de Oliveira, known as 'Feijao', president of the association of residents in Rocinha, was murdered on Monday, March...
March 28, 2012
Brazilian Killed by Police in Sydney: Daily
A 21 year-old Brazilian man, Roberto Laudisio Curti, was killed by police in Sydney, Australia, in the early hours of...
March 22, 2012
Military Remains in Complexo do Alemão
Almost one and a half years after occupation by the Brazilian Army, Complexo do Alemão is still awaiting the installation...
March 20, 2012