Rio de Janeiro offers US$1,000 bounty for each confiscated gun to curb criminal firepower
The Rio de Janeiro administration has initiated a R$5,000 (US$1,000) reward for each rifle seized by law enforcement officers, per...
August 21, 2023Topic
Rio Police
Brazil’s mega operation to take back favelas
Early on Wednesday morning, 1,200 heavily armed police officers stormed the slum in the north of Rio de Janeiro, considered...
January 20, 2022
Rio Police Launch App to Help Most Vulnerable Victims of Crime
By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Today, November 7th, Rio' State Bureau for Education, Valorization and...
November 7, 2017
In Mega-Operation, 96 Police Officers to be Arrested in Rio
Early this morning (June 29th) the Civil Police in Rio de Janeiro executed Operation Calabar, aimed at the arrest of...
June 29, 2017
Complexo do Caju Favela Occupied in Rio
State and federal security forces occupied the communities of Complexo do Caju and Barreira do Vasco during the early hours...
March 5, 2013
American Strangled to Death in Rio: Daily
Victoria Tcaciuc, a contractor for the U.S. Department of State has been strangled to death in a Centro, Rio hotel...
March 1, 2013