Police

by CHRIS GRAEME chris.graeme@algarveresident.com The Serious Fraud Squad of the British Police have asked the Portuguese authorities for access to Prime Minister José Sócrates’ bank accounts. The latest pre-election bombshell

A policeman was attacked by a 26-year-old British tourist in Albufeira on New Year’s Eve. The incident happened on the strip in Oura at around 2am, when two on-duty policemen

By CATHY MORRIS editorial@the-resident.com BRITISH POLICE have been to the Algarve as part of an investigation into the disappearance and possible murder of Portimão resident Paul Duckenfield, who was last

BRITISH POLICE want to join forces with Portuguese counterparts to investigate the legality of the construction of one of Europe’s largest factory outlet shopping parks near an environmentally protected nature

By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@the-resident.com POLICE AND immigration agents carried out a massive operation on Tuesday morning aimed at identifying illegal immigrants working in the Silves area. With numerous GNR vans

POLICE UNIONS and security professional associations announced on Wednesday that protests scheduled for September were to go ahead in Lisbon. The Comissão Coordenadora Permanente das Forças e Serviços de Segurança

By CHRIS GRAEME chris@the-resident.com THE FORMER police chief who headed the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has stood by controversial and potentially libellous statements in his tell-all expose

LISBON MUNICIPAL police responsible for animal inspections have caught five potentially dangerous dogs since they started operating in February. Agents from Brigada Especial de Fiscalização de Animais (BEFA) captured four