Brazil Works for Gender Equality and Security for Women
Domestic violence is responsible for the deaths of five women per hour in the world, according to ActionAid, and in...
March 8, 2016Topic
Security
Rio de Janeiro Offers New Job Training Courses in Prisons
Rio de Janeiro reports that the prisons managed by the Department of Penitentiary Administration, in partnership with the PRONATEC, will...
February 24, 2016
Security Program Expands for 2016 Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
In Rio, Operaçao Segurança Presente will have more than 400 agents patrolling Flamengo, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and Meier during...
February 5, 2016
France Offers Brazil Security Assistance for the 2016 Olympics
France has offered its own intelligence service to help reduce risks of attacks in Brazil during the month-long event.
November 23, 2015
Brazil’s Rousseff on Economic Visit to Sweden and Finland
In December 2013 Brazil ordered 36 Gripen NG military airplanes at an estimated cost of R$18.5 billion from Saab in...
October 19, 2015
Police in Rio Start Summer Security Operation at Beaches
Operação Verão started a week early after massive looting was reported last weekend at some of Rio's most famous beaches.
September 27, 2015
Rio Reacts as Ongoing Beach Robberies Spill Over in Zona Sul
For those who live in Rio, the mass robberies that sweep the beaches known locally as “arrastões” (big drags) have...
September 22, 2015
Rio Authorizes Use of Masks by Military Police Again
Certain units of the Military Police Rio de Janeiro (PMRJ) received authorization from the State Secretary of Public Security, José...
August 29, 2015 Police in Brazil Say Seventy Percent Have Had Colleagues Killed
A new study reported that seven out of ten public safety professionals from across Brazil say they have had a...
July 31, 2015