One of prisoners who escaped last month from high-security jail “arrested in Morocco”
Fábio Loureiro was serving 25 years for crimes committed in Algarve One of the five prisoners who escaped in broad daylight last month from Alcoentre’s high security Vale de Judeus
PSP police catch up with dealer on the run
A 40-year-old man, who had been on the run after being sentenced to six years in prison for drug trafficking, was arrested by PSP police in Portimão. The suspect was
Police detain four in swoop on anabolic, stimulant trafficking ring
Portugal’s PJ police has detained four people in an operation in the Greater Lisbon area aimed at breaking up a network trafficking anabolic and sexual stimulants, with the cooperation of
Porto mayor speaks out against city’s rising tide of racial violence
Mayor Rui Moreira blames far right – and far left Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, has said that far-right and far-left forces are contributing to an atmosphere of hatred and
Prisoner on conditional release attacks social reintegration workers with crowbar in Faro
UPDATE: PSP police arrested the attacker at around midday today (September 12), the police force has announced. Aside from the injuries caused to one of the workers, the man is
Police make arrest within 48 hours of Porto’s latest racist attack
Police announced today that they have arrested a 26-year-old man for the two attacks on immigrants in Porto in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The man is facing charges
Immigrants stabbed in two ‘racially motivated attacks’ in Porto
A man armed with a knife pursued Moroccans in Porto’s Campo 24 de Agosto district in the early hours of Tuesday morning, stabbing one of them, reports Jornal de Notícias.
Hit-and-run taxi driver located within 48-hours of fatal incident in Lisbon
Around 48-hours after a 21-year-old university student was hit so violently in central Lisbon by a speeding taxi that his body was projected 17 metres down the Avenuda dos EUA,
Police detain 55-year-old man within hours of fatal shooting at Monção bar
PJ police have arrested a 55-year-old man within hours of the fatal shooting of a security guard employed by a bar (used as a brothel) in Monçao. The guard was
Prisons “need 1,500 more guards to stop further jail breaks”
Union leader highlights further discrepancies in ‘official narrative’ on mass jailbreak The president of Portugal’s National Prison Guard Union (SNCGP) has warned that the country’s prisons need around 1,500 more