One dead following attempted robbery of PSP agent in Algés
Case handed over to PJ judicial police One person died in the early hours of this morning following an attempted robbery of a PSP agent in Algés, in the municipality
PJ arrest man in Loulé wanted for stabbing three people in France
A 19-year-old foreign citizen wanted by French authorities for stabbing three people at a train station in France around one year ago was arrested by PJ police in Loulé last
Man arrested for attempted murder in Albufeira
PJ police have arrested a 23-year-old man in Albufeira on suspicion of attempted murder. The man is believed to have shot a person in the early hours of Friday morning
Criminality in Portugal soars to highest level in 10 years
Violent crime “provoking enormous sense of insecurity” On yet another day when tabloid pages highlight another violent death in one of Portugal’s metropolitan areas, figures have been published showing crime
British runner suffers attempted rape in Algarve
Alison Walker shared the horrific tale on her Instagram A British ultra-trail runner has described the horror she experienced after a man tried to rape her while she was training
One of PS Socialists’ first ‘scandals’ condemns former head honcho to two years jail, suspended
Former president of Raríssimas charity must also pay €12,800 compensation One of the first major scandals faced by António Costa’s three governments has finally ‘had its day in court’, seeing
Gondomar couple arrested for international child trafficking
Investigations continue to try and discover real parents of couple’s ‘non-related’ baby PJ police have arrested a couple in their 40s, living in Gondomar, on suspicion of international child trafficking.
Portuguese university students arrested for drug trafficking in Indonesia
Drug trafficking in Indonesia carries potential death penalty Two young Portuguese citizens, described today as university students, have been arrested in Indonesia for drug trafficking, reports SIC Notícias. The arrests
Trial begins of couple accused of killing elderly Germans
The trial has begun in Beja today of the couple accused of killing an elderly German couple who had taken them in, giving them work in exchange for bed and
PJ police take part in groundbreaking operation to find and rescue children from sexual exploitation
Renewed Hope II has rescued 8 children from active abuse so far; 19 more identified Portugal’s PJ police were among law enforcement agencies that recently took part in a “significant