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In 2015, 151 people died and over 360 were injured as a result of terrorist attacks in the EU. Six EU Member States faced 211 failed, foiled and completed terrorist attacks. 1 077 individuals were arrested in the EU for terrorism-related offences, of whom 424 were in France only. 94% of the individuals on trial for jihadist terrorism were found guilty.

On 28^th July the Lisbon Metropolitan Command PSP, through the Police Division Amadora in an operation to prevent and suppress crime, arrested three men, aged between 19:33 years of age for trafficking in drugs and theft.

In the course of a 3 month investigation, it was found that many people were entering the neighbourhood of the Bairro da Estrada Militar – Amadora to acquire drugs. In a parallel investigation which was carried out concerning robberies in the road, through snatching a group was identified at the CP-Santa Cruz Damaia Station.

The PSP deployed agents in order to intercept the suspects and conduct home searches where the following was seized: 11,678 Product Doses narcotic suspected Hashish; 3357.6 Product Doses narcotic suspected marijuana; 230g product narcotic suspected Ecstasy; 50 Product Doses narcotic drug suspected to be cocaine; 3 Rifles; one pistol; 11 x .12 calibre cartridges; 5 Mobile phones; 2 Precision balances and € 3940 in cash.

One of the arrested defendants was present at 1st examination and was remanded in prison.

The remaining defendants, with a criminal record for committing a number of crimes, will be present today with the Amadora Court to be applied to them as coercion.

On 11^th July the GNR in Merceana, Alenquer, detained a man of 32 years, on suspicion of drug trafficking, in Carlsbad.

The arrest was made following a complaint concerning the existence of a plantation of cannabis. A house search was conducted where the GNR seized 21 cannabis plants, with heights between 54 cms and 2.06 meters, totalling about 8.226 kilos.

The suspect was charged and summoned to appear on July 12th, for first interrogation at then judicial court of Alenquer.

On 15^th at 04.35 hrs the PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Police Command – Sintra Division arrested four men, aged between 19 and 22 years for robbery and the illegal possession of firearm in Rio de Mouro area

At about 23.00 hrs on the 14th, in the area of ​​Vale Mourão, two suspects approached a couple, 20 and 27 years of age, and under threat of firearms, attacked and stole a bunch of keys belonging to the victims and then fled in a vehicle that has been identified by victims.

The PSP were alerted and undertook an operation to locate the suspects.  at around 04.35 hrs they located and identified the said vehicle with four suspects. They then conducted a search of the vehicle and the following items was seized:

One 7.65mm calibre pistol with five rounds of ammunition; one alarm gun; one bunch of house keys (belonging to the victim).

The Detainees were on Saturday, attended the Judiciary of the Lisbon West District Court,  Mafra for 1st Judicial Interrogation, having been imposed the measure of making weekly reports to police..

The search to find the Englishman who on Saturday fell from a tourist boat to the river Tagus in Algés area was resumed at 08h30 on 19^th July, said a source from the Maritime Authority of Lisbon. The same source told Lusa News agency that the searches will be conducted by two speedboats at 08h30 and will continue until sunset if necessary.  According to the Commander and Captain of the Port of Lisbon, Malachi Domingues, searches are being carried out between the 25th of April Bridge and Lighthouse Bugio, which marks the separation between the river and the ocean.

The Public Security Police (PSP), according to the concepts defined by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), is to implement at national level its Quality Management System.

This system aims to continually improve organizational performance, based on continuous improvement values, common assessment framework and eight fundamental concepts of excellence, namely: results orientation, focus on citizen / customer, leadership and constancy of purpose, management by processes and facts, development and involvement of people, learning, innovation and continuous improvement, partnership development and social responsibility.

The common assessment framework was designed to help public sector organizations of the European countries to use quality management techniques, based on the concept of Total Quality Management, towards excellence.

Being a gradual and continuous process already started initially by some commands and units of the PSP (namely Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Faro), it will continue with its implementation this year and 2017. This implementation is not intended only for commands the PSP, but also for various departments, offices and services, coordinated by the National Directorate PSP – Studies and Planning Office.

The PSP is firmly committed to this process and investment in this management system the quality of services.

The following information has been passed to Safe Communities Portugal concerning the forthcoming EU Referendum

PORTUGAL – KEY MESSAGES ABOUT OVERSEAS VOTERS REGISTRATION 

• If you are a British national, and you have been registered to vote in the UK within the last 15 years, you are eligible to vote in UK Parliamentary General Elections, UK-wide referendums, and European Parliamentary elections
• one of the most historic decisions the UK will make for a generation is on the horizon: on 23 June there will be a referendum to decide whether the UK should remain in or leave the European Union
• The Electoral Commission is keen for you to register as early as possible to ensure you can have your say: the process for registration as an overseas elector is easy; it takes just five minutes online – link here 

• You will need to know your National Insurance number, and have your passport to hand, if you have one. If you don’t have a National Insurance number you can still register, but you may have to supply more information to show who you are
• Once registered, you can choose how you wish to vote: either by post, by proxy (where you appoint someone you trust in the UK to vote on your behalf) or in person at your polling station if you happen to be back in the UK on polling day
• If you do opt for a postal vote, make sure you allow enough time for your ballot paper to be posted out from the UK to here, and then completed and posted back to the UK again;  the Electoral Commission is urging those overseas to register for a postal vote by 16 May
• Ballot papers will be posted out between 23 and 27 May; your ballot paper must arrive back in the UK by 10pm on 23 June 2016 to be counted in the EU referendum
• if you were registered to vote for the 2015 General Election, you will have to renew your registration or register again

For proxy voting:

For overseas voters registered in Great Britain, once you have completed and signed your proxy voting application form, send it to your local electoral registration office to arrive by 5pm by 5pm on 15 June 2016 

For overseas voters registered in Northern Ireland, you should return your proxy voting application to your local Area Electoral Office by 5pm on 3 June 2016

Useful link: http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions/overseas-voters

The Lisbon Metropolitan Command PSP announced Wednesday that they have dismantled a drug trafficking network in the country’s central region, after having arrested 10 people in the municipalities of Lourinhã and Caldas da Rainha. During the operation, over 14,000 individual doses of cocaine, 6,700 euros in cash, 24 mobile phones, two cars, two computers, a precision scale and a firearm were seized.
The arrests were the result a police investigation that started several months ago, culminating in the dismantling of a narcotic drug trafficking network that provided the central zone of the Portuguese, “said the PSP in a statement.

During the investigation, the police were able to determine that two of the 10 detainees were responsible for drug transportation, by ingesting it in their bodies thus ensuring that reached the destination.

The 10 detainees, seven men and three women, are aged between 19 and 58 years. Five of them are awaiting trial in custody, three are required to make periodic reports to the police and two are awaiting trial under house arrest.

After the highest bidder on eBay offered Jordan Allison £600 for his mobile phone he dutifully packaged it up and sent it off by registered post. However, although Royal Mail’s website showed it had been signed for, the buyer claimed it hadn’t arrived. When Allison sent proof of delivery the buyer said he had received the parcel after all, but instead of a phone it contained an unlikely cargo: beetroot.

“I had proof – the weight of package and photos – that I hadn’t sent beetroot,” says Allison, who is from Irvine in Ayrshire. “But the buyer opened a case against me on eBay. I called eBay and asked if I needed to do anything. It said I would be contacted. A month later I received an email, not from eBay but from PayPal, to say £600 had been removed from my account.”

What had happened is an experience grimly familiar to many eBay sellers. The company had found in the buyer’s favour without asking for any evidence, according to Allison. Not only did the buyer receive a full refund, but the seller has been left with no phone. After The Observer intervened, eBay agreed to refund Allison, although it insists there was no evidence of fraud.

Critics claim the auction website’s measures to protect buyers from dodgy transactions have left sellers at the mercy of fraudsters who can manipulate the system to effectively steal goods.

Ebay claims its 1,500-strong resolution team has tools to monitor and flag up suspect behaviour. However, in Barr’s case it was only when the Observer intervened that eBay revisited the case and discovered the buyer had a history of manipulating the system. It has now refunded Barr.

It says the complaint was originally handled “in line with eBay Money Back Guarantee guidelines” which advise buyers to provide a tracking number to show that a disputed item has been returned. It’s a system open to fraud since the tracking number doesn’t show what was in the parcel and eBay doesn’t ask.