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The AMN have advised bathers that with hot weather (temperature varying in many areas between 28 – 36 C) coupled with sea temperatures of only 16 and 19C, people should take care to avoid cold water shock.

This is the body’s short term involuntary response to being suddenly immersed in cold water. When the body enters this cold environment there are a number of physiological responses. The sudden lowering of skin temperature is one of the most profound stimuli that the body can encounter. The responses tend to be short lived, but threaten survival.

The AMN state that this can take place particularly when diving into cold water when the air temperature is high. This together with the fact that there are “practically no supervised beach areas at this time of the year, means it is important to step up prevention and safety efforts”.

The Portuguese Federation of Lifeguards adds “People have to be careful when they go to the beach and enter the water particularly for non-swimmers”.

 

The AMN advise is:

• Do not risk swimming if there are any doubts about sea conditions;

• Have an interval of three hours between a normal meal and swimming;

• Take care when walking close to the water line as a sudden wave can drag the person into a dangerous situation;

• Watch children and do not let them play near the water line and

Be careful of entering the water due to the already mentioned low temperature that can cause thermal shocks when diving.

The Judicial Police detained two people and seized 400 kilograms of cocaine aboard a vessel intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean, it was announced today.

In a statement, the PJ said that the National Unit to Combat Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, in collaboration with the Portuguese Navy and the Air Force, has in recent days carried out an operation to combat drug trafficking by sea and intercepted in the Ocean Atlantic, a pleasure craft that was being used to transport 400 kilos of cocaine.

Police seized the vessel and the drug and arrested two foreign men, 45 and 58, who are already in custody. They suspect “a criminal organization of a transnational dimension in different countries of the European continent and Latin America involved in the trafficking.

The cocaine seized was to be transported from the Caribbean to the Europe, and then destined to be distributed by different countries, police said.

This is the result of an investigation initiated recently by PJ following the exchange of information within the framework of the Lisbon-based Maritime Analysis and Operations Center – Narcotics (MAOC-N).

The investigation is carried out by the PJ in cooperation with the authorities of other countries.

Safe Communities Portugal is organising a Crime Prevention and Public Safety Seminar which will take place at the Auditorium of Expoeste, ADIO-Associao para o Desenvolvimento Industrial do Oeste. Avenue Infante D. Enrique, no 1 2500 918, Caldas da Rainha on Wednesday 11^th October 2017. Doors open 15.30 event starts at 16.00 hrs and lasts until 19.00 hrs. Presentations in English/Portuguese.

This event which is an open invitation to everyone, is being organised by Associação Safe Communities Portugal in conjunction with the GNR, PSP, Bombeiros and Policia Maritima. The Mayor of Caldas da Rainha will open the event.

The aim of the event is to raise public awareness of the roles of the services represented and also to foster greater understanding of the needs of the communities.

Presentations by each of the organisations will be followed by a question and answer session.

Meeting the needs of the communities in which they serve, helps the organisations to develop greater understanding of issues of concern. Equally important is that the communities are able to assist the Emergency services where appropriate in order to maintain or develop a safer and peaceful community.

Safe Communities Portugal has worked with the services represented for this end and look forward to developing a stronger collaborative approach which benefits everyone. This event gives you the opportunity to meet and question the representatives and gain a greater understanding of their work.

The Mayor of Caldas da Rainha, David Thomas President of Safe Communities Portugal and the officials representing the services look forward to meeting with you, on the 11^th of October.

Lisbon, Sept. 27 (Lusa) – Portugal is one of the safest countries in the world and, according to the Minister of Internal Administration, the security climate creates an environment conducive to attracting foreign investment and securing more residents from other European countries.

Constança Urbano de Sousa was the guest of a lunch organized by the Portuguese-Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Industry with businessmen, in which she spoke of the area of ​​security, fight against terrorism and transnational crime, increased flow of immigrants and refugees, investment increase in the number of residents and “good cooperation” between Portugal and Spain.

“Portugal is one of the safest countries in the world and since 2008 we have witnessed a very sustained and continuous decline in general crime, with a reduction between 2008 and 2016 of 21% less and violent and serious crime of 32% in this time period” , revealed the minister.

In the first half of the year, provisional data indicate that the downward trend continues in comparison with the same period of last year, in the order of 9%.

“The various international indexes rank us third as one of the safest countries in the world,” she said.

In Portugal there is a climate of security and public tranquility that has allowed, according to Constança Urbano de Sousa, the country’s economic development and investment, both of which have “an enormous added value in terms of competitiveness and economic and financial recovery.

 

In the largest action of its kind, INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea X targeting the illicit online sale of medicines and medical devices, saw some 400 arrests worldwide and the seizure of more than USD 51 million worth of potentially dangerous medicines.

Europol supported INTERPOL’s Operation Pangea with two analysts performing checks on entities against Europol’s databases. In addition, a specialist and an analyst with a mobile office and a device for forensic support were sent by Europol to Budapest, Hungary, to conduct checks on the spot.

Overall, involving 197 police, customs and health regulatory authorities from a record 123 countries, Operation Pangea X led to a record number of 25 million illicit and counterfeit medicines seized worldwide.

The action resulted in the launch of 1058 investigations, 3584 websites taken offline and the suspension of more than 3000 online adverts for illicit pharmaceuticals.

Among the fake and illicit medicines seized during the international week of action (12 – 19 September) were dietary supplements, pain reduction pills, epilepsy medication, erectile dysfunction pills, anti-psychotic medication and nutritional products.

In addition to medicines, Operation Pangea X also focused on the sale of

Illicit medical devices, such as dental devices and implants, condoms, syringes, medical testing strips and surgical equipment. Illicit devices worth an estimated USD 500 000 were recovered.

Starting with just eight countries in 2008, Operation Pangea has grown exponentially during the past 10 years, with police, customs and drug regulatory authorities from 123 countries taking part in 2017.

The main trend identified during the decade of Pangea operations is the continuous growth of unauthorised and unregulated online pharmacies, which capitalise on increasing consumer demand worldwide to advertise and sell illicit or counterfeit medicines.

 

On 17^th September the Loures Division of PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Command arrested three men between 21 and 31 years old, suspected of drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon.

One of the detainees was arrested as a result of an arrest warrant issued by the judicial authority.

In The course of the investigations launched and following a planned police operation, it was possible locate and seize the following: 2 automatic firearms cal. 9 mm; an automatic rifle, cal. 5,56 mm; a .22 pistol; a ballistic vest; 168 calibre rounds. 22; 150 rounds, cal. 9 mm; 17 rounds, cal. 5,56 mm; 25 rounds, cal. 12; 2 precision balances; 9232 doses of hashish; 2661 doses of marijuana; 41 doses of cocaine; 17 grams of mdma and  EUR 1050 in cash.

The Detainees will be present at the judicial court of the north, the core of Loures, for the purposes of 1th judicial interrogation.

On 17th September the Metro command of the Lisbon PSP, through the criminal investigation division,  held a man aged 26 years, on suspicion of the crime of theft in commercial establishments.

After several steps steps, it was found that the suspect was indicted for the practice of crimes against in the estate, by using metal pieces, to force open the doors of premises..

The Detainee was surprised after he was seen breaking into the door of an establishment, having in his possession three metal pieces, as well as other objects that were related to three more thefts to establishments between 15 and 17th of September.

The value of the damage caused by the break-in of the doors amounts to EUR 3000 and the value of the items stolen at EUR 1800

The Detainee, with a criminal record, has appeared in court with an application to be remanded in custody.

Officials from the criminal investigation division Lisbon on September 19, in the parish of Alvalade, intercepted and identified a man, aged 27 suspected of committing a murder.

At the time of his interception, the suspect did not react when questioned in connection with the murder which occurred in the small camp area on 13 September.

It is noted that the murder occurred when the suspect, after an argument among several individuals, is suspected of striking two persons including the victim with several blows with a weapon. The other person was wounded in the attack.

The investigation has been passed to the Judicial Police.

A Crime Prevention and Public Safety Seminar will take place at the Auditorium of Expoeste, ADIO-Associao para o Desenvolvimento Industrial do Oeste. Avenue Infante D. Enrique, no 1 2500 918 Caldas da Rainha on Wednesday 11^th October 2017. Doors open 15.30 event starts at 16.00 hrs and lasts until 19.00 hrs. Presentations in English/Portuguese.

This event which is an open invitation to everyone, is being organised by Associação Safe Communities Portugal in conjunction with the GNR, PSP, Bombeiros and Policia Maritima.

The aim of the event is to raise public awareness of the roles of the services represented and also to foster greater understanding of the needs of the communities.

Presentations by each of the organisations will be followed by a question and answer session.

Meeting the needs of the communities in which they serve, helps the organisations to develop greater understanding of issues of concern. Equally important is that the communities are able to assist the Emergency services where appropriate in order to maintain or develop a safer and peaceful community.

Safe Communities Portugal has worked tirelessly with the services represented for this end and look forward to developing a stronger collaborative approach which benefits everyone.

This event gives you the opportunity to meet and question the representatives and gain a greater understanding of their work.

Safe Communities Portugal can be accessed on www.safecommunitiesportugal.com or Facebook. David Thomas president of Safe Communities Portugal and the officials representing the services look forward to meeting with you, on the 11^th of October.

 

The German and Portuguese police on Tuesday conducted an operation in several apartments linked to an organization suspected of promoting false marriages to facilitate the arrival of Nigerians to Europe.

Portugal was the recruitment center for an international network of marriages for convenience (better known as white marriages), which in turn enabled illegal immigrants to obtain authorization to stay in Europe.

This group, led by a Nigerian, was investigated by the German authorities and the SEF, and included a national. He had a mission to travel to Portugal to convince women to marry those who needed legal documents to apply for residence or asylum in Europe.

The Portuguese, one of five detainees in Germany during the operation on Tuesday, promised to pay two to three thousand euros to women who agreed to go to the country where the illegal immigrant was located – who paid high get the fictitious wedding – and sign the documents that prove the marriage. Most of the time it was the only time the couple saw each other.

According to the official, the recruitment made by Portuguese – who lived in Germany – was in the Greater Lisbon area, especially in neighborhoods known to have social problems.

“The only phase of the network’s activity in Portugal was that of recruitment.” It is a country of passage, people with economic difficulties may think the risk is small. of the funds involved], “said Paulo Pimenta. According to the SEF inspector, many times “mothers take their daughters to these marriages. Recruitment ends up being done in a very close circle.”

Already in the case of women drug addicts that the network sought the goal was not so much to “marry” them, but to pay them for the documents. “Sometimes they pay them 50 euros for the passport, which is then falsified and used for other activities, so many ask for the documents two or three times saying that they lose them, so they always have one available.”

Hundreds of German police carried out dozens of searches on Tuesday morning for couples who have forged fake marriages for husbands to obtain EU residence permits.

About 41 apartments were searched in Berlin, Potsdam, Frankfurt and Görlitz.

A man and four women were detained in a police action, although authorities said they had knowledge of at least 70 fake marriages, Deutsche Welle (DW) said on its website. Passports, residence permits, mobile phones and computer equipment were also seized.

A similar operation also took place in Portugal, the Associated Press news agency reported.

German federal police spokesman Jens Schobranski said the suspects are a 50-year-old man, two 46- and 50-year-old Nigerian women, and two German women aged 55 and 64.

The men paid about 13,000 euros for falsified marriage certificates from Nigeria, which were presented to the German authorities and accompanied by an elaborate love story confirmed by the Portuguese “woman.”

Women usually returned to Portugal within a few days.

According to federal police, the searches are designed to determine if the houses indicate that they are occupied by a couple.

The German authorities are cooperating with Europol to prove that marriages are being falsified.

The operation was the second of large scale triggered in recent months by the German police against fraudulent visas.

In June, police dismantled a network of “fake fathers”, whereby German men were paid to include their names on children’s birth certificates of immigrants from Vietnam, various regions of Africa and eastern Europe.

Babies immediately guaranteed German citizenship, allowing their mothers to apply for residence permits. Source Diarios de Noticais