Safe Communities Portugal – 10 years of service to the foreign community
In the first of this two-part feature published on December 19, I covered the forming of Safe Communities Portugal (SCP) and the initial challenges we faced. Following the rural fires
10 years since the forming of Portugal’s first crime prevention association assisting the foreign community
The early years – Part 1 It doesn’t seem like it was 10 years ago that I formed Safe Communities Algarve as it was then. Some of you have followed
Shudder the thought!
Over the last few weeks we have reported at Safe Communities Portugal on several major earthquakes, for instance in Greece, Crete and Japan, but fortunately these did not result in
Rural fires – keeping up the good work
Some good news arrived last week. According to the latest available data, so far this year there has been the lowest number of rural fires and the second lowest in
Would your home survive a rural fire?
Around four years ago, I had the privilege of accompanying Val Charlton, Managing Director of Landworks NPC, an expert on rural fires and Firewise Communities in South Africa, on a
Weather extremes – from fires to floods
This week marks exactly three years since the start of the Monchique fire, which burned for seven days consuming over 27,000 hectares of land, spreading to the neighbouring municipalities of
Illicit firearms trafficking
Being on the south west corning of Europe, Portugal is a landing point for the importation of drugs from South America (mainly cocaine) as well as countries such as Morocco
“Combat is not a solution to fires – prevention is”
These are not my words but those of Brigadier General Duarte da Costa, President of ANEPC (National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority), during a recent interview. I could not agree
Criminal exploitation of the Covid-19 pandemic
I recently made a presentation via Zoom to Rotary Club Estoi Palace International of how individual criminals and organised crime groups have been quick to exploit the crisis induced by
Shall we go Phishing today?
Just over a year ago, I wrote an article on phishing scams which are the way in which criminals use the internet and social media into deceiving victims into disclosing