Fake police agent arrested for alleged rape in Portimão
Man posed as police agent to enter woman’s apartment A 48-year-old man has been arrested for a series of crimes including impersonating a police officer and allegedly raping a woman
Body parts discovered which ‘could be’ those of murdered Portuguese emigré
Another grisly find of severed body parts, this time in Germany but close to the border with Luxembourg, has resulted in police investigating the murder of Portuguese emigré Diana Santos,
One of UK’s “most wanted men” freed by Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice
Alex Male was arrested earlier this year; due to be extradited to UK Nearly six month’s ago, the arrest of British ‘drug king’ Alex Male at Lisbon airport was described
Priest arrested for alleged abuse of ‘sex slave’
In a new ‘scandal’ involving alleged abuse within the Catholic Church, António Júlio – the priest of the village of Numão, in Vila Nova de Foz Coa – has been
Minimarket heist scoops over €600 worth of products
At a moment when the wider media is focusing on elderly people and parents resorting to theft in order to put food on the table, Correio da Manhã has reported
Two marines charged with murder of PSP agent Fábio Guerra
Both men have been in preventive custody since incident The Public Ministry has formulated charges against two marines held since last March following the brutal death of 26-year-old PSP agent
Azores’ double murder: suspect’s wife arrested
… and the issue of a possible third body The hideous double murder that has projected Ilha do Pico, in the Azores, into international headlines this week, has taken another
Missing Azores ‘property speculators’: police make arrest
German man cited for murder The mystery of two missing ‘property speculators’ in the Azores appears to have been solved, albeit there is still no sign of them (see update
Horror in Odivelas: woman dies in street after throat slit
38-year-old is 22nd victim of domestic violence this year in Portugal The nation’s struggle against rising crime and incidents of domestic violence came into sharp focus again this week with
“Time to Act” to pull brakes on rising violent crime
PSP drafting in 2000 new recruits: force admits “summer was violent” Next month, 931 new PSP agents will be drafted into the police force, while another 1,000 are due to