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• ► 2022
  • ► August
    • It will be a hot August in the countryside, but the excesses of July should not be repeated
    • Airport Strike Notices
  • ► July
    • DROUGHT AND HEAT COULD AFFECT WINE PRODUCTION IN THE DOURO IN 2022
    • RURAL FIRES - MAINTAINING OUR VIGILANCE PREPARATION CHECK LIST
    • RURAL FIRE, REVEL, VILA POUCA DE AGUIAR, VILA REAL UNDER RESOLUTION
    • Government Authorises Additional 325 Professional Firefighters
    • Airbase Visit in the Azores
    • Responding to Rural Fires
    • CP Strike
    • Returning to paradise for residents and visitors - Gambelas rural fire
    • Firefighting aircraft crashes in Foz Coa - Pilot dies in crah
    • Heatwave affecting western Europe
    • CIVIL PROTECTION: BALANCE OF THE WEEK, FROM 8 TO 14 JULY, 9098 OCCURRENCES WERE RECORDED
    • SINTRA: PALACES, CASTLE AND CONVENT CLOSED TILL 17 JULY DUE TO FIRE RISK.
    • Rural Fire Risk 12th July 2012 - Extreme risk of rural fires
    • HIGHEST NUMBER OF FIRES SO FAR THIS YEAR ANEPC SITUATION REPORT 1200 HRS 9TH JULY 2022
    • RURAL FIRE, AVEIRO, SEVER DO VOUGA. TALHADAS- FRAGUA
    • RURAL FIRE UPDATE FREIXANDA, CUMEADA, OUREM, SANTARÉM
    • Nearly 2000 operatives fighting around 40 rural fires
  • ► June
    • Country is experiencing the worst drought ever at the start of summer
    • Seminar - Domestic Violence - A Cross Cultural Focus
  • ► May
    • 2021 Crime Statistics published - 7% decreased in violent crime
    • Ukrainian families feel integrated in Guimares, Braga District
  • ► April
    • Monchique Council intervenes in areas with high fire risk
    • Portugal Good News Week
    • Phishing Alert
    • Road Safety Campaign - Travel Without A Rush
    • 112 - The European Emergency Call Number
    • War in Ukraine Situation Report 0700 Hrs Tuesday 5th April 2022
    • Mai Guarantees That SEF Reform Will Materialise
    • First Portuguese Tender For Floating Solar Plants Took Place on Monday
  • ► March
    • Meeting Between Russian and Ukrainian Negotiators Has Ended
    • Donations to Ukraine refugees in Caldas da Rainha area
    • 2022 Priority List For Land Cleaning Inspections In Rural Areas Published
    • Russian Invasion of Ukraine Situation Report 0800 Hrs Wednesday 16th March 2022
    • No Reason At The Moment To Foresee The Possibility of Food Shortages
    • Ernest Shackleton's Ship Endurance Found
    • Helping Ukraine in this time of Crisis
    • Portugal - Civil society mobilises to carry aid to Ukraine
    • Russian Invasion of Ukraine - Report 1700 Hrs 2nd March 2022
    • Feature - Russian Invasion of Ukraine - A perspective
    • Support Ukraine - A Humanitarian Crisis
    • Russian Invasion of Ukraine Update 28th February
  • ► February
    • Stade De France To Host UEFA Champions League Final On May 28
    • Russia attacks Ukraine
    • What do Russia and Ukraine represent for the Portuguese trade balance
    • UN experts warn of increasing intensity and frequency of wildfires
    • Data From More Than 3200 Portuguese Bank Cards Sold on the "Dark Web"
    • Supporting Victims of Crime
    • Portugal Already Has A Withdrawal Plan From the Ukraine
    • Via Verde Transponder News
    • Minister Of Foreign Affairs Advises Portuguese To Temporarily Leave the Ukraine
    • Cyber Security Checklist For Small And MidSize Businesses
    • Reminder Alert - Vishing - Fake Microsoft Technicians
    • 2021 - At Least 70 Iberian Lynx Cubs Were Born In The Guadiana Valley
    • Re-establishing Services...On Vodaphone..Customer Rights Concerning Compensation
    • Safer Internet Day - Protecting Against Cyberbullying
    • Communications In The Fire Brigades "Are Fully Functioning"
    • Portugal We Are The Champions !
    • Resolution of Council of Ministers...Changes of Measures for Covid
    • Extreme Weather Events Has Resulted In More Than 140,000 Deaths
    • Safety Will Be Key To Choosing A Post-Pandemic Holiday Destination
    • Algarve under a blanket of Snow - 68 years ago today
    • EU Digital Certificate Acceptance Period
    • Socialist Party With Majority Win In Yesterday's Snap Election
  • ► January
    • Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In The Home
    • Electricity: 2022 Starts With The Most Expensive Ever In The Iberian Market
    • Urban Fires: How To Avoid and Protect Yourself
    • Road Safety PSP Operation "If you Drive Don't Drink, If You Drink Don't Drive"
    • Whales At "The Gates Of Lisbon"
    • Blood Institute Calls For Immediate Reinforcement of Blood Donations
    • Judicial Police tackling Lisbon Gangs – 153 arrested  and over 400 searches conducted in 2021
    • Volcano Eruption in Tonga was a Once-in-a- Million Event
    • First day open to complaints collects 50 testimonies of child abuse in the church
    • Migration: Almost 200,000 migrants arrived in EU in 2021
    • Prime Minister's Press Conference following Council of Ministers meeting
    • Meeting at Infarmed Wednesday 5th January 2022
• ► 2021
  • ► December
    • Covid-19: Nearly 1700 passengers fined at air borders in 26 days
    • Prime Minister António Costa Christmas Message
    • Together for Road Safety
    • Prime Minister's Announcement to nation following Council of Ministers Meeting
    • Christmas - Fire Safety Check List for your Home
    • COVID-19 Considering Risk factors when planning Festive activities
    • 2021: Three waves of Covid-19, three variants and mass vaccination of the population
    • Support and Safety plan for Praia do Norte, Nazare, activated
  • ► November
    • Resolution of Council of Ministers 157/2021 published
    • Covid-19 Prime Ministers Announcement following Council of Ministers Meeting 25th November 2021
    • Dissolution of Parliament does not prevent a new State of Emergency
    • Knowing what is going on beneath us
  • ► September
    • Prime Minister's Address to the National following Council of Minister's meeting 23rd September 2021
    • Meeting of Infarmed Thursday 16th September 2021
    • Interview with José Manuel Duarte Costa, President ANEPC
    • Vice Admiral prepares for completion of mission and record of "lessons learned" for the future
    • The performance of firefighters in the Algarve, Castro Marim fire questioned by some residents affected
  • ► August
    • Covid-19 Pandemic reduced birth rates especially in Portugal , Italy and Spain
    • Prural Fires - Provisional data shows that burned area more than doubled in two weeks
    • Now found Missing Person Truus Zandstra, Lagoa, 18th August 2021
    • Rural Fire Saboia, Odeimira, Major Incident Fire page created
    • Castro Marim, Algarve Rural Fire Major Incident 16th August 2021
    • Rural Fire Risk Monday 16th August 2021
    • Rural Fires - FWI map for today Sunday 15th August 2021
    • Todays Rural Fire Risk - Sunday 15th August 2021
  • ► July
    • Press Conference by the Prime Minister following Council of Ministers Meeting
    • Meeting of Infarmed 27th July 2021
    • Rural Fire Report for the fire at Tojeiro, Marmelete, Monchique 17th - 19th July 2021
    • The Profile of a sophisticated arsonist, recently arrested, who used circuit timers connected to light bulbs to start rural fires.
    • Press announcement following Council of Ministers meeting 15th July
    • Covid-19 Majority of survey respondents satisfied with pandemic management
    • Council of Ministers Press Conference Thursday 8th July 2021
    • Fewer accidents and deaths on the roads in the first four months of the year compared to 2020
    • Vaccination has a huge impact in breaking mortality
    • Press Conference following Council of Ministers meeting 1st July
  • ► June
    • Council of Ministers Press Conference 24th June 2021
    • Covid-19: Campaign "Give change to those who need it" starts today in pharmacies
    • President of the Rural Fire Agency warns about new tragedies if nothing is done about forest land
    • Minister of State and of the Presidency, announcement at end of the Council of Ministers meeting 17th June 2021
    • Covid EU Digital Certificate - What is it and how does it work
    • Prime Minister confident in the GNR's adaptability for border protection
    • IOM warns that migrants must be included in vaccination programs
    • Prime Minister Address the Nation concerning deconfinement phases and measures
  • ► May
    • Duarte da Costa "Combat is not a solution to fires, it is prevention. There are no fool proof systems
    • Infarmed meeting Friday 28th May 2021
    • Covid-19: Madeira reached record with 3,422 vaccines administered in one day
    • Line SNS24 will continue to be free after the pandemic
    • EU closes deal with BioNTech / Pfizer for 1.8 billion extra doses of vaccine
    • Odemira Public Prosecutions Office has 11 investigations into illegal immigration in the municipality
    • More than 205 tons of frozen fish worth 1.2 millions euros sized by GNR in Aveiro
    • Prime Minister Addresses the Nation following Council of Ministers Meeting
  • ► April
    • Meeting at Infarmed 27th April 2021
  • ► March
    • Meeting at Infarmed concerning evolution of Covid-19 -Live updates
    • Protecting trees is creating more fire-resistant forests
    • Covid-19: Rapid test results must be reported to health authorities
    • Covid-19: Easter celebrations at the Sanctuary of Fatima broadcast 'online'
    • PSP and GNR detained 911 people during a year of pandemic
    • Effective journalism to combat the pandemic
    • NEAMWAVE’21 - Exercise to test the alert and degree of readiness in reaction to a tsunami
    • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa - Swearing in and ceremony
    • Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa takes office for a second term as President of the Republic,
    • Proposal for deconfinement measures arising from Infarmed meeting
    • Meeting at Infarmed
    • MAI sets minimum numbers of women in security forces
    • Portugal climber to scale Everest to fight for gender equality
    • Ricardo Jorge Institute points to an end of excess mortality in Portugal
    • Communiqué of the Council of Ministers of March 4, 2021 - The integrated management system for rural fires (SGIFR
    • There are about 1.5 million legal weapons in Portugal
    • Graça Freitas interview with RTP3 concerning current state of Covid-19
    • State of Emergency Monitoring Structure Meeting and Security Forces Enforcement Report
    • 1969 earthquake. The sea bubbled and the country took to the streets in pyjamas
    • Covid-19 Portugal will buy about 38 million vaccines
  • ► February
    • Mobil Internet Performance is worse in rural areas study shows
    • Prime Minister speaks to the country after Council of Ministers Meeting
    • Celebrations planned in 2022 to mark the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first train in Lagos
    • United Kingdom and Italy with more impact at the beginning of the pandemic in Portugal
    • Official Speech of the President of the Republic
    • Infarmed meeting 22nd February 2021
    • Covid-19: Project “Neighbours at the window” awarded the Civil Solidarity award
    • The dark side of Valentine's Day. More than 2,000 complaints of dating violence in 2020
    • INFARMED meeting Lisbon 9th February 2021
    • Aid requests to APAV's Safe Internet Line increased 575.49% in 2020
    • Pedro Simas says that Portugal may be one of the best in the world to control the third wave
    • "I want to give a positive signal, we will have summer"
    • Costa praises the mobilization of the private and social health sectors to fight the epidemic
    • Covid-19: REINFORCED CONFINEMENT REDUCES CONAGION by 40% IN ONE WEEK
    • Vaccination of 900,000 elderly and those with associated pathologies
    • Arrested for killing Brazilian citizen after fight in Caldas da Rainha
    • 340 thousand people have already received vaccine against Covid-19
    • 340 thousand Portuguese have already received vaccine against Covid-19
  • ► January
    • STATEMENT BY THE STATE AND PRESIDENCY MINISTER MARIANA VIERA DA SILVA
    • COVID-19. FALSE VACCINES FOR SALE ON THE INTERNET ARE A GREAT HEALTH RISK UN WARNS
    • FIRST PREGNANT WOMAN IN PORTUGAL HAVING TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 – 9 MONTHS LATER AFTER BIRTH
    • European recovery must be based on the drivers of climate and digital transitions
    • Fighting the pandemic “is a very tough marathon”
    • PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES REVISED STATE OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
    • Covid-19: Situation "absolutely unsustainable" in healthcare - Public Health Doctors
    • Twelve differences between confinement compared to March last year
    • PRIME MINISTERS ADDRESS TO THE NATION EXTENSION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY
    • Meeting of experts at Infarmed Tuesday 12th January 2021
    • COVID-19 INSA Report shows rapid increase in R (t) trends in Portugal
    • PRIME MINISTERS ADDRESS TO THE NATION
    • The ten numbers of the last state of emergency. From arrests to covid-19 in schools
    • Covid-19: Four Portuguese scientists clarify any doubts about vaccines in videos
    • British UN diplomat who devised peacekeeping missions dies at 101
    • Government of Madeira adopts more restrictive measures to contain an increase in cases
    • Covid-19: Increased demand for yoga, pilates, meditation and training with outdoor PT
    • Prime Minister New Year's Message
• ► 2020
  • ► December
    • Christmas message from the Prime Minister
    • WE ARE THE FIRST LINE” – EXPERIENCES OF THOSE OPERATING THE SNS 24 CALL CENTRE IN PORTUGAL DURING COVID-19
    • On December 25, 1914, World War I stopped for a football game. They called it the Christmas Truce (and Duarte Gomes sees hope in it)
    • Christmas message from the President of the Republic
    • Beat the pandemic and tiredness with one call at a time
    • Prime Minister Announces new Measures New Year Period
    • Covid-19. "The vaccine came more quickly, but no shortcuts were taken." Infarmed Director explains how to save time
    • Covid-19: Task force coordinator warns that “it would be a huge mistake” to make vaccine mandatory
    • DGS ADVICE TO HAVE A SAFE CHRISTMAS
    • This bracelet that says "I'm Here" and helps elderly return home.
    • Vaccine authorizations will have all safeguards
    • Covid-19: Portuguese schedule tests before Christmas to be able to be with the family
    • COVID-19: VACCINATION STARTS IN JANUARY, A DAY OR TWO AFTER ARRIVING IN PORTUGAL
    • Crime of abandoning animals triggers with pandemic
    • European visa system changes after agreement between Council and European Parliament
    • PRIME MINISTER’S ADDRESS TO THE NATION CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PERIODS
    • President of the Republic Addresses the Nation
    • Presentation of the vaccination plan for Covid-19 by Minister of Health
    • Portugal Cov-19 Vaccination Plan unveiled
    • Covid-19 Infarmed meeting underway
    • Portugal to buy 22 million vaccines worth 200 million euros
    • Money transfers to voluntary fire brigade associations
    • PUBLIC HOLIDAY 1ST DECEMBER – BUT DO YOU KNOW WHY?
    • Electricity VAT falls on December 1 to 5.2 million contracts
  • ► November
    • Covid-19: Tighter border controls have not been effective in containing the virus
    • Covid-19: Portugal will have “very low levels” of new cases if restrictions are maintained
    • Algarve, Madeira and Lisbon win World Travel Awards
    • Covid-19. TASK FORCE CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENT HAS 30 DAYS TO DEFINE VACCINATION PLAN FOR PORTUGAL
    • Technology is fundamental for decision support and to create resiliant communities against fires
    • International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
    • GNR AND PSP LAUNCH ALERT CAMPAIGN ON TUESDAY TO REDUCE PEDESTRIAN ROAD ACCIDENTS
    • Address to the Nation by the Prime Minister - State of Emergency measures
    • GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE NEW MEASURES TO COMBAT THE PANDEMIC AT 1800 hrs
    • Portugal is prepared to buy around 16 million doses of three vaccines against covid-19
    • Covid-19: Study reveals that only 25% of Population keep recommended distance
    • Matters raised by experts at Infarmed meeting on 10th November
    • FROM NORTH TO SOUTH: ALMOST DESERTED STREETS ON FIRST SATURDAY WITH A 1300 HRS CURFEW
    • The Prime Minister spoke out at the end of a Council of Ministers that lasted over eight hours.
    • State of Emergency - Measures announced by Prime Minister
    • Elderly people in isolation situations referenced by GNR rises to over 42 thousand
    • Covid-19: Marcelo asks to avoid "an aggravated December" with "more drastic restrictions"
    • Explanatory note to State of Emergency
    • Parliament Authorises President to Declare State of Emergency
    • Confinement excluded in the new state of emergency
    • Government creates network of back-up support structures
  • ► October
    • PRIME MINISTER ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL AFTER THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS METTING
    • Council of Ministers meets today to decide new measures to control the pandemic
    • Travel Restrictions between municipalities 00.00 hrs October 30th to 0600 hrs November 3rd, 2020
    • Covid-19: CIVIL PROTECTION COMMISSION PORTO PROPOSES CURFEW FOR DISTRICT
    • Covid-19 Hospitalisations and ICU Forecast by Minister of Health
    • Lessons for the future that DGS learned from Formula 1 - "We have to restrict events a lot"
    • Covid-19 Rapid Testing Starts on 9th November
    • Crime Prevention and Enforcement Report 26th October 2020
    • Fortnightly Crime Prevention and Enforcement Report 26th October 2020
    • Government confirms maximum capacity of 27,500 people at the Portuguese F1 GP
    • Covid-19 Prime Minister - Return to State of Emergency not on the table
    • PORTUGAL BUDGET PROPOSAL TO BE PASSED TO PARLIAMENT TODAY
    • Portugal and Spain approve common border strategy
    • Fortnightly Crime Prevention and enforcement Report
    • SPANISH POLICE DISMANTLE NETWORK THAT DISTRIBUTED PAEDOPHILE MATERIAL FROM PORTUGAL
    • The water reserves in the Algarve are sufficient to ensure public supply
    • Fire data during the Critical Fire Period 2020
    • Seventeen migrants from the group that landed in the Algarve flee from barracks in Tavira - SEF
  • ► September
    • Over half of Portuguese believe pandemic hindered access to healthcare survey reveals
    • portuguese fought in a very courageouse and disciplined way
    • PORTUGUESE FOUGHT IN A VERY COURAGEOUSE AND DISCIPLINED WAY” EVALUATES PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COMMISISSON
    • ECDC places Portugal in Moderate Risk category
    • Government extends the term of the moratorium on credit to families and companies ending on March 31, until another six months, until September 30, 2021.
    • Government rejects to stopping the country again
    • Addressing the shortage of water in the Algarve
    • Marcelo praises health professionals and National Health Service marking 41 years
    • GNR starts operation to inspect dangerous goods transport
    • Council of Ministers - Measures Presented by the Prime Minister
    • COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING TODAY TO DETERMINE SITUATION OF CONTINGENCY MEASURE TOBE INTROFUCED 15TH SEPTEMBER
    • TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW IF THEY ALREADY HAD COVID-19
    • Covid-19: Epidemic situation has worsened in Portugal since mid-August
    • GNR operation Travelling Safely concludes today
    • Marcelo expected 100 cases of covid-19 or less per day in early September
    • Safe Communities Crime Prevention and Enforcement Report 4th September 2020
  • ► August
    • Peniche - 21 infractions detected in inspection of illegal camping
    • NEW E-GATES AT FARO AIRPORT SPEED UP IMMIGRATION PROCESSING TIMES
    • 20% of arsonists detained this year were repeat offenders. What is failing in control?
    • MEDAL FOR HERO DOG KUNO WHO SAVED SOLDIERS LIVES IN AFGAHANISTAN
    • The entire country will enter a contingency state starting on September 15. 
    • Art for fire prevention
    • ANALYSIS WEATHER CONDITION INTO CAUSE OF FIRE IN SERRA DA LOUSA ON 11TH JULY RESULTING IN DEATH OF A FIREFIGHTER
    • Large commercial area Intermarché, in Leiria, was closed after two positive cases of covid-19 were detected,
    • Study reveals inaccuracies in databases about new coronavirus
    • “TOO GOOD TO GO APP” PREVENTS 100,000 MEALS FROM BEING WASTED SINCE OCTOBER
    • PSP "ready" to host "atypical" Champions League finals
    • Covid-19: Minister of Health shares WHO reservations about Russian vaccine
    • Return of Praça da Fruta to the center of Caldas da Rainha divides sellers and buyers
    • Air traffic decreased by 91% in April to June 2020
    • Portugal Rural Fire situation at 1730 hrs
    • Bathing banned at Nazaré. Leiria due to water quality
    • More deaths due to heat but are not new - DGS
  • ► July
    • Road accidents are the main cause of death of firefighters in the attack on fires
    • Covid-19: MAI - 19 Parishes in Lisbon to move from a situation of calamity to same as level as remainder of Lisbon Metropolitan area REST OF LISBON METRPOLITAN AREA
    • European Commission giving satellite support to fire in Oleiros
    • Maximum penalty for person found guilty of homicide
    • Nationality of Portuguese grandchildren and spouses simplified and "more just" by law approved today
    • Maximum penalty for homicide of young man found under burning car
    • Safe Communities Portugal launches website to serve Silver Coast residents
    • Fires: About 150 counties in 14 continent districts at maximum risk
    • Five health professionals arrested for fraud and spread of disease
    • Epidemiologist: “It is not inevitable that vacations bring an increase in cases” of Covid-19
    • Fires: Collision with power lines caused helicopter crash in Valongo - report
    • Weekly Crime Prevention and Enforcement report 10th July 2020
    • Situation of Calamity likely to remain in 19 parishes in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area - Costa
    • Young people are not immune to complications. "Covid parties are irresponsible and have consequences”
    • Covid-19: It is necessary to "look forward and fight" for Algarve tourism
    • County lines gangs disguised drug couriers as nurses during coronavirus lockdown
    • Marcelo recalls that Portugal has already supported the United Kingdom in difficult times
    • Weekly Crime Report ending 3rd July 2020
  • ► June
    • Covid-19: EU reopens borders to 15 countries, USA and Brazil still excluded
    • Portugal and Spain signal reopening of border on Wednesday
    • PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS NEW MEASURES FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING
    • President speaks after the meeting with experts to assess the epidemiological situation of covid-19 in Portugal, at Infarmed.
    • 2019 crime reports shows slight increases in violent and overall crime compared to 2018
    • RURAL FIRE NEAR VILARINHA, BORDEIRA, ALJEZUR
    • Weekly crime prevention and enforcement report 19th June
    • Government today approved a one-month extension of the simplified lay-off, until the end of July,
    • Marking three years since the Pedrógão Grande fire that caused 66 deaths
    • Two of the people infected with covid-19 following an illegal party in Lagos are hospitalised
    • Ban on Flights to and from outside of EU extended to last day of June
    • Strike at CTT starts at midnight at central post offices
    • Weekly Crime Prevention and Enforcement Report 11th June 2020
    • Outdoor Swimming pools - Government imposes infection prevention and control procedures.
    • May was the hottest in the last 89 years,
    • Brussels recommends maintaining, until July 1, the restrictions on non-essential flights to countries outside the European Union.
    • PRIME MINISTER ASSURES THAT NATIONAL AIRPORTS ARE READY FOR RESUMPTION OF TRAFFIC
    • Mayor of Elvas pleased with Spain's announcement of reopening borders
    • Weekly Crime Prevention and Enforcement Report 4th June 2020
    • Portuguese Environment Agency identifies beach capacities
    • Minister of Internal Administration intends to keep border controls with Spain for time being
    • GNR starts monitoring and enforcement action in respect on non-compliance of cleaning land
    • Reopening of Citizens stores
    • Earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale felt early this morning in São Miguel Azores
  • ► May
    • Community religious ceremonies return today
    • PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THIRD PHASE OF DE-CONFINEMENT
    • Weekly Crime Prevention and Enforcement Report
    • Portugual - Spain Border crossings
    • Prime Minister's Statement on the Economic and Social Stabilisation Program 27th May
    • Experts and politicians meet today to analyse the epidemiological situation of covid-19
    • Festivals and similar events may take place
    • Covid-19 Misleading advertisements on disinfectans and masks
    • SEF announces simplified measures for granting and renewal of foreign citizen residence permits
    • Trial of 12 people accused of being involved in the theft of 55 Glock weapon starts 8th June
    • A Day in the Life of Safe Communities Portugal
    • Reopening of gyms
    • Covid -19 ASAE seize on average around two thousand counterfeit face masks per day
    • Coronavirus: Quarantine plans for UK arrivals unveiled
    • Covid Confirmed cases rate by population
    • Campsites begin to open in the Algarve
    • INEM gives overview if its performance in the context of the pandemic.
    • Weekly Crime prevention and enforcement Report 22nd May 2020
    • Covid-19 Self Protection Guide for fire fighting operatives
    • Data Protection Commission warns that schools must comply with temperature measurement rules
    • Blood donations during Covid-19
    • Fire Risk this year worrying according to the Technical Observatory
    • Prime minister on the situation concerning and nightclubs
    • FAQ from DGS about re-opening of Establishments
    • BIG NEWS!
    • Azores moves forward with alternative arrangements for arriving passengers
    • Re-opening of campsites, caravan sites and motorhome service areas
    • Prime Minister addresses the nation on the conditions for reopening activities
    • Covid-19: Representatives of Religious denominations and government agree rules on restarting religious activity
    • Return to school will be done safely
    • IKEA Plans to open all its stores on 1st June
    • Fire-fighting resources are reinforced with simultaneous challenge of response to covid-19
    • “Clean & Safe” seal to be extended to catering establishments that may require it
    • Safe Communities weekly crime prevention and enforcement report 14th May 2020
    • Covid-19: Politicians and experts assess the situation before the second phase of easing of restrictions
    • Land border controls between Portugal and Spain extended until 15th June
    • Four major measures to mitigate possible reduction in operational numbers in fighting fires
    • COVID-19 Government reports 3183 Health workers infected
    • Schools have protective equipment to restart face-to-face classes
    • First step towards implementing economic recovery efforts
    • Ryanair re-evaluating its operations in Portugal
    • Covid-19 Safety in Day care centres
    • Professional students will have regional exams to access higher education
    • GNR Operation operation “Fátima at home”
    • GUIDANCE ISSUED TO THE CONDITIONS OF REOPENING OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
    • Covid-19: Rime Minister announces more support for Managing Partners and independent workers
    • Land Border between Portugal and Spain to remain closed after 14th May
    • HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PRESIDENT - DAVID THOMAS, 70 YEARS TODAY
    • UNESCO ratifies the 5th of May as World Day of the Portuguese Language
    • THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS!
    • Use of the mask in public transport “is essential to protect ourselves and others”
    • Covid-19: Fátima Sanctuary asks pilgrims to avoid traveling to the site on the 12th and 13th May
    • PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES 80% NON-REPAYABLE SUPPORT FOR MICRO-ENTERPRISES
    • Clinics and dentists to resume activity on 4th May
    • ARS Algarve prepares for possible second outbreak in winter
  • ► April
    • Announcement of State of Calamity by the Prime Minister
    • Armed Forces start cleaning operations in schools
    • One-third of health professionals do not perform daily self-monitoring
    • GNR identifies nearly 24 thousand situations for failure to clean land
    • Rural Fire Prevention - Deadline today to clean land
    • GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR A PHASED RE-OPENING OF THE ECONOMY
    • President and Prime Minister Meeting ahead of tomorrow's Council of Minister's meeting
    • Covid-19: Patients should be aware of adverse drug effects - Infarmed
    • Crime has halved since the covid-19 pandemic began,
    • STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDS 2ND MAY MIDNIGHT.
    • "CLEAN AND SAFE" SEAL - Turismo de Portugal
    • 25th April Prime Minister's Address to the Nation
    • 25TH APRIL ADDRESS TO THE NATION BY PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
    • Communiqué of the Council of Ministers of April 23rd, 2020 Domestic Violence
    • Portugal has carried out over 300,000 covid - 19 tests
    • Road accidents fall by more than 70% in the first 30 days of the state of emergency,
    • Covid-19: Beaches with a(limited) maximum capacity of bathers introduced to comply with social distancing rules.
    • FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR CITIZENS
    • Portuguese Sign Language available those with impaired hearing through SNS24
    • COVID -19 OBTAINING THE CORRECT DETAILED INFORMATION
    • Military discloses security measures for when schools reopen
    • MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON LINE
    • Covid-19: About 700,000 items protective equipment sent to care homes - Government
    • DGS SITUATION REPORT 19TH APRIL – 1300 HRS
    • MESSAGE TO THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY FROM SCP
    • Prime Minister states intention to announce “calendar and program of progressive reduction in measures”
    • New traffic signs and signals
    • President enacts State of Emergency law and Communiqué of the Council of Ministers of April 17, 2020
    • GUIDE TO THE TYPES AND WEARING OF FACE MASKS
    • PRIME MINISTER’S PRIORITY FOR NEXT 15 DAYS WHAT NEEDS TO COMMENCE IN MAY
    • President of the Republic Statement to the Nation
    • ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC APPROVES NEW EXTENSION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY UNTIL 2ND MAY
    • Fires: Combat device counts about 12 thousand operatives and 60 aerial means
    • State of Emergency foresees gradual lifting of restrictions
    • President decides today and parliament votes extension of state of emergency
    • STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT ON STATE OF EMERGENCY
    • Covid-19: Costa stresses that reopening of economic activities must be prudent and with social conditions of trust
    • Covid-19: Social masks will be cotton and/or polyester - Infarmed
    • Covid-19: DGS endorses wearing of masks by all people in closed spaces.
    • Prime Minister Interview with Radio Observador on State of Emergency issues
    • Use of masks - guidance issued by the Director General of Health
    • COMMUNITY SUPPORT COVID-19 - list for volunteering
    • EASTER DAY MESSAGE FROM DAVID THOMAS
    • ARS ALGARVE OPENS 3 DEDICATED AREAS IN PORTIMÃO, OLHÃO AND TAVIRA AND CREATES NETWORK OF 13 COVID-19 CONVENTIONAL HARVEST STATIONS, DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ALGARVE
    • Spanish Government extends the controls at the land borders with France and Portugal for another 14 days
    • Covid-19: Infarmed has requested an increase in the production of drugs for controlled use and reserve stock.
    • Covid-19: Marcelo disapproves "false news" and "unjustified alarmism" about pardons.
    • President of the Republic of Portugal speaks to the country
    • PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ABOUT STATE OF EMERGENCY
    • Prime Minister Statement on Schools
    • GNR ANNOUNCEMENTS – FROM PATROL VEHICLES
    • EASTER PERIOD RESTRICTIONS - KNOWING THE BOUNDARIES!
    • PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC PREDICTS “LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL IN MAY
    • COVID-19: AMAL ensures road transport in the Algarve
    • Statement by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
    • New useful guides - several languages
    • Letter of gratitute - to you and me
    • Message from SCP President
    • Article 6 Limitation on movement during the Easter period
    • Minister of Health says fight against outbreak is a long marathon
    • Only an even more determined effort will allow to consolidate positive evolution
    • Q and A RENEWED STATE OF E. LAW DURING EASTER AND MORE
    • WARNING OVER USE OF VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN PUBLIC PLACES IN CONTEXT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
    • Latest news from The President of the Republic
    • NEW MEASURES ANNOUNCED BY PM AT 1840 HRS
    • PARLIAMENT APPROVES EXTENSION OF STATE EMERGENCY
    • SITUATION REPORT PORTUGAL 2nd April
    • VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP OUR TEAM WITH COVID-19
    • GOVERNMENT GIVES FAVOURABLE OPINION TO RENEWAL OF STATE OF EMERGENCY
    • Important: How to understand and comply "State of Emergency"
    • Health professionals are the crown jewel of the National Health Service (SNS)
  • ► March
    • TAP flight restrictions between Lisbon, Madeira and Azores
    • Development of treatments to combat Covid 19
    • Presentation of the Epidemiological situation of Covid 19 in Portugal
    • Exceptional and temporary rent payment scheme
    • Prime Minister Country will enter the most critical month of pandemic
  • ► February
    • Prime Minister announces 11 million Euros for rural fire breaks
    • Civil Protection Day Celebrations
    • One Portuguese among 47 detained in Spain for drug trafficking
    • Money laundering: Real estate required to report business every three months
    • GNR Operation detects over 800 drivers for improper use of mobile phones
    • LISBON and ÉVORA – SEVEN ARRESTED BY GNR FOR NEARLY 200 ROBBERIES AND THEFTS
    • Psychological aggression is the most frequent acts of violence in dating - study
    • Azores archipelago should have working weather radar on Terceira island,
    • New Rural Fire Plan aims to reduce burned areas by half by 2030
    • Assessment of the biggest fire of 2019 points to flaw in the mobilization of air assets
  • ► January
    • Nurse battles Coronavirus on the Front Line
    • Coronavirus 2019-nCoV EDEC Risk Assessment 26th January
    • CORONAVIRUS Reducing exposure and reducing transmission of virus
    • CORONAVIRUS 2019-nCoV SITREP 27TH JANUARY.
    • New Coronavirus - Situation  26th January 0800 hrs
    • Toll Reduction on A22 Planned
    • RISK OF CONTAGION OF CORONVIRUS IN EUROPEAN UNION IS ALREADY MODERATE
    • Communique by Director General Health Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) 21st January 2020
    • New Coronavirus in China - Number of Deaths Double
    • Outbreak or Respiratory Disease in Wuhan China
    • P SP, GNR and SEF received over 12 thousand weapons and close to 16 thousand equipment since 2017
    • Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Azores No. 1/2020 / A
    • Tridente” submarine goes on “discreet” mission to combat drug and human trafficking
    • Gibraltar – Police arrest nearly 50 people in massive migrant smuggling operation
    • Parliament approves two votes of condolence for victims of domestic violence
    • Seven persons detained for trafficking in 3.5 tonnes of hashish by sea
    • INEM - 1.3 million calls received in 2019
    • Send bushfire donations only to licensed charities to avoid being scammed
    • Police organize national meeting today to decide January 21 protests
    • Re-evaluation of magnitude of 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
    • Despite rain one third of country still in drought
    • Meeting between Secretary of State for Internal Administration and Safe Communities Portugal
    • ALGARVE AND ALMODOVAR AMONG PLACES MOST AFFECTED BY FLU OUTBREAK
• ► 2019
  • ► December
    • International Pickpocket arrested after thefts in Lisbon
    • Road Safety Operation Natal ends with fewer deaths and injuries but more accidents
    • Coimbra "Critical Flood Situation" - Mondego River level/Flow Rate above safety level
    • Depression Elsa Latest Update 1700 hrs
    • GNR reinforces today patrol on the roads under the "Christmas and New Year" operation
    • Depression Elsa 20th December 0900 hrs - 5400 occurrences recorded
    • Depression Elsa - Effects on Transportation
    • PSP seized 729 illegal firearms in Madeira
    • GNR seizes 68 animals and records 10 crimes of abuse and neglect
    • CONSUMER PROTECTION ADVISES AGAINST THE USE OF THREE LIPSTICKS ON SAFETY GROUNDS
    • New Zealand Volcano latest
    • Fewer road deaths but more accidents and serious injuries compared to 2018
    • Man dies after being hit by machine in Madeira
    • Doctors in Spain revive British woman after six-hour cardiac arrest
    • MADEIRA – FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS DUE TO HIGH WINDS
    • Government says over 90% of municipalities have forest fire protection plans
    • London attack shows EU-UK cooperation 'essential
    • Fires: Castelo Branco district without re-ignitions or false alarms in 2019
    • PORTUGAL TO CO-CHAIR MINISTERIAL COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
    • Municipalities claim changes in Civil Protection result in better articulation
  • ► November
    • Portugal is the best destination in the world and wins 13 tourism 'Oscars'
    • Porto - PSP confirms detention of a British national and identification of 16 Belgians after clashes that caused "several injured
    • Lisbon – PSP crackdown of pickpockets – 305 detained so far this year
    • European Commission forcing Portugal to change taxes on imported used cars
    • Deco warns: choose from Amazon, Booking, or TripAdvisor reviews? May be false
    • Funchal - Christmas Lights Vandalised
    • APAV supported over 43,000 victims of domestic violence in five years
    • Dog packs alarm Sines population and force establishment of collection centre
    • PJ dismantles suspected criminal group responsible for 30 robberies after arrests made in Vila Nova de Gaia
    • Minister highlights "responsible unionism" of PSP and GNR demonstration
    • Older people over 75 years old are those who mostly resort to emergency care for domestic accidents
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Command reports of 238 cases of police assaulted this year
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Command reports of 238 cases of police assaulted this year
    • Portugal calls on Portuguese Students in Hong Kong to submit personal data for support if required
    • More than 1,200 signs placed around critical quarries
    • Woman jailed for 18 months for making illegal claims worth £70,000
    • Person detained by PSP for crime of “mistreatment of a pet animal”
    • MAI willing to "solve police problems", but promises do not cancel planned demonstration
    • Judicial Police dismantled organization that recruited women for convenience marriages
    • PSP seize weapons and drugs in operation in Lisbon neighbourhoods
    • Portugal: Diesel crisis ends in Flores, Corvo
    • A Terra Treme - National Seismic Risk Awareness Exercise November 15 at 11:15 pm
    • World Tsunami Day
    • Volunteer Bombeiros attacked at Borba Fire Station
  • ► October
    • Roads with new road signs and information from April 2020
    • Infarmed suspends two distributors for illegal export and serious irregularities
    • New system will signal potential victims and perpetrators of domestic violence
    • Two Firefighters in court for causing fires
    • Arrested in Algarve one of the most prolific paedophiles of the Catholic Church
    • Government wants to make changes to SEF and revise "gold visas"
    • One third of this year's fires were caused by uncontrolled extensive burning and burning cut and piled debris
    • PSP Azores seizes 30 Kgs of Hashish and detains two persons for drug trafficking
    • GNR seized 270 kilos of bivalves in Olhão and Quarteira
    • GNR recovers stolen sacred art piece 21 years ago
    • Portuguese military force ambushed in Central African Republic
    • Hurricane Lorenzo reaches the Azores
    • Eighty one arrests in investigation targeting Spanish cocaine trafficking group
    • Tancos Military Weapons theft case: Former Director of the Military Judicial Police Luis Vieira will ask to make a pre-trial statement
    • Azores prepares for arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo
  • ► September
    • GOVERNO PRORROGA PERÍODO CRÍTICO DE INCÊNDIOS
    • Government Extends Critical Fire Period unitil 10th October 2019
    • Azores Regional Government prepares the necessary measures to face Hurricane Lorenzo
    • Four GNR military defendants accused of Tancos in disciplinary proceedings opened by IGAI
    • PSP detain two persons for using counterfeit 100 Euro bank notes
    • Four arrested for international drug trafficking at Lisbon airport
    • Secretary of State for Civil Protection Resigns from office
    • São Miguel Island - Person identifies in connection with the theft of gold items from a resident
    • Some 7000 operative dealt with 25 major fires on 13th and 14th September
    • Safe Communities Recognized as a Civil Protection Volunteer Organisation
    • Rural Fires - 2019 Decrease in the number of people arrested for Arson
    • Joint Statement from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development
    • GNR air patrol detects illegal logging of trees in forest areas
    • PJ dismantles one of Europe's largest counterfeit currency networks
    • RED FIRE WARNING ALERT DECLARED BY GOVERNMENT IN 13 DISTRICTS
    • Over 500 complaints of Asian Wasp so far this year.
    • 80 bogus violent crime reports since 2018 in Odivelas and Loures
  • ► August
    • Kidnapped in Cascais. The whole story of the scheme that cheated thousands of Chinese
    • Ukrainian Couple arrested in Lisbon for leaving 3-year-old daughter alone for 14 hours at home
    • Cascais - Two Chinese nationals detained for trafficking, kidnapping and coercion
    • Taiwan and Portugal dismantle telephone fraud in Cascais
    • UK Action Fraud under investigation: victims misled and mocked as police fail to investigate
    • Ryan Air strike enters its first day
    • Allegations of SEF services being sold on the internet.
    • HAZARDOUS GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS STRIKE CALLED OFF
    • Seven fishermen saved after four days drifting in Madeira
    • Spanish and Portuguese police dismantle cocaine trafficking network
    • Eleven Russians accused of drug trafficking and criminal association in Cape Verde's biggest drug bust
    • Hazardous vehicles drive’ strike
    • Some Tips During the Fuel Crisis
    • ANTRAM ACCUSES DRIVERS UNIONS OF FAILING DEADLINE TO ASSIGN WORKERS TO ENSURE MINIMUM FUEL DELIVERIES ARE MET
    • Algarve - Alert Situation Statement | Energy Crisis
    • Press Release - Alert Situation Statement Energy Crisis
    • Minister of Internal Administration ensures that emergency network will respond to priority state functions
    • Fuel Rationing during drivers strike
    • Safety concerning the storage and transportation of Jerry Cans containing fuel
    • Bomb Hoax forces temporary closure Mar Shopping Algarve
    • CURRENT SUPPLIES IN FUEL STATIONS - VOST WEBSITE AND APP PROVIDES UPDATES
    • GOVERNMENT AID TO BE PROVIDED TO DAMAGED FARMS FOLLOWING FIRES IN MAÇÃO AND VILA DA REI
    • Air Force tests sensors that can help with firefighting
    • More than 60 military will reinforce fire prevention surveillance in nine districts starting Friday
    • Safe Village – Safe People – the Question of flammable collars
  • ► July
    • GNR detect drivers of heavy passenger vehicles carrying children without a driving licence
    • Rising temperatures take almost 100 military personnel to the ground
    • Bar Association against agreement on handing over fugitive offenders to Macao
    • Infrastructures of Portugal launches application to reduce animal deaths on roads
    • "Flee from the Algarve confusion". The controversial campaign of Faro airport
    • Madeira - Woman murdered in Jardim do Mar
    • Minister of Internal Administration - Fires should not serve as pre-election conflict
    • Assistant to the Secretary of State for Civil Protection resigns
    • Police to ensure security at key points during hauliers strike
    • Rural Fire - Smoke Collars
    • Rural Fires - Area burned this year more than doubles since 15th July
    • Paragliding death in Porto do Cruz, Madeira
    • MINISTER OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OPENS URGENT INQUIRY INTO SMOKE – FREE COLLARS
    • NEPC Clarification over the issue of face masks
    • Fires in Castelo Branco – 20th July 2019
    • GNR Presidential Squad 20th Anniversary Ceremony
    • Arrest of a suspect for the attempted murder of two GNR military personnel
    • Funchal - Economic and financial crime - Operation "Pegasus"
    • Morrocan sentenced in Lisbon to 12 years for two terrorist crimes
    • Brussels regrets lack of support for Portugal against the fires of 2017
    • Summer as we know it has yet to arrive
    • Meeting of the National Commission for Civil Protection
    • Secretary of State for Internal Administration and President Safe Communities Portugal sign protocol
    • Portugal: Five doctors among 11 detainees in investigation into health fraud
    • Lack of operators at INEM reduce average 112 answer times in June.
  • ► June
    • Portugal enters the Critical Fire period
    • Alentejo, Algarve and Andalusia unite in project to combat forest fires
    • Foreigners increase to nearly 5% of Portugal's population
    • The Judicial Police arrested 14 people for qualified tax fraud
    • Portugal spared extreme hot weather
    • Government announces Safe Summer Program for the Algarve
    • Person arrested in connection with investigation into terrorist crimes
    • “Safe Summer” Display at Mar Shopping, Loulé
    • It is a mistake to put heavy fighter aircraft in Castelo Branco
    • Parliament approves: throwing cigarette buts on the ground will result in a fine
    • Thirty Six persons tried for ATM explosions and money laundering
    • Portugal regains 3rd place as world’s most peaceful country.
    •  Training for the security forces for appropriate intervention with LGBTI people
    • AGIF considers that Portugal remains "very vulnerable to the risk of fires"
    • More dead and injured in road accidents in the first five months of the year
    • President of Assembly of Republic proposes to dedicate June 17 as National Day in Memory of Victims of Fires
    • Programa Estou Aqui! ® I'm Here Child Safety Program
    • US State Department begins social media screening for nearly all visa applications.
  • ► May
    • Rural Fires. Municipalities have until the end of the day to clear land from non-compliant landowners
    • Portugal Civil Protection Exercise Cascade 2019
    • Portugal: Company uses satellite images to find environmental crimes
    • Comunicado Conjunto do Ministério da Administração Interna e do Ministério da Agricultura, Florestas e Desenvolvimento Rural
    • Portugal Mainland placed on Rural Fire Alert
    • Judicial Police Annual Dug Report 2018 - Cocaine
    • A very hot summer forecasted
    • Twenty two arrested in the dismantling of a major crime group who amassed €680 million from their criminal activities
    • Portugal: Police arrest 17 Hells Angels
    • Person detained with almost two million smuggled cigarettes seized in Montalegre
    • PSP of Lisbon makes 53 arrests, 39 related to football celebrations
    • Person arrested caught in the act of setting fire to a forest in Castelo Branco
    • New law imposes a maximum of 25 weapons on hunters
    • Portugal: Deaths from Domestic violence worryingly high - APAV
    • Funchal - Person fined two thousand euros for having telephone in "Flight Mode" in the aircraft
    • Porto – Seven arrested in thee million Euro, Portugal 2020 Program Fraud.
    • Prime Minister calls for 'national mobilization' for cleaner and safer forest
    • 50,000 litres of fake Extra Virgin Olive Oil seized from “Well Oiled Gang”
    • Experts gather for conference on international pickpocketing gangs
    • Comunicado Conjunto do Ministério da Administração Interna e do Ministério da Agricultura, Florestas e Desenvolvimento Rural
    • Conferência Turismo – Responder aos efeitos das alterações climáticas e dos eventos de elevado impacto
    • Major Judicial Police operation: 11 arrested for money laundering, fraud and fraud against the state
    • Conference Tourism – Responding to the effects of Climate change and High Impact Events
  • ► April
    • Judicial police detain a man for committing felonies of Qualified Homicide, Arson and Desecration of Corpse
    • FUEL DELIVERY STRIKE AFFECTING AIRPORTS AND TRANSPORTATION
    • 16 Properties seized in Spain in international anti-money laundering operation
    • Seminar - Safe Tourist Destination Algarve - Portimão – 10th April 2019 - Speech by President Safe communities Portugal
    • Porto- Nine arrested and 21 constituted defendants for Tax Fraud, Criminal Association and illicit exploitation of on-line gambling
    • Portuguese Mission of Civil Protection returns from mission in Mozambique
    • 2019 - More operational, vehicles and aircraft to fight fires announced
    • Safe Holidays - Prevention and Protection Leaflet against Rural Fires
    • Seizure of firearms contributes to an 8.6% fall in violent crime
  • ► March
    • Brexit promotes reinforcement of SEF inspectors at Lisbon, Faro and Funchal airports
    • Person wanted in Germany detained by SEF at Porto airport
    • Rural Fire Warning: preventive measures and operational deployments
    • ANPC sends Joint Operational Force to Mozambique
    • Arrest for Television "Card sharing"
    • Portuguese citizen wins top UK nursing award
    • PSP arrested more than 500 people in the Safe Carnival operation
    • Portugal in fourth place in the seizure of hashish in Europe
    • Government released on 28th February 2019, The Centre for Studies on Forest Fires Report into the Fires that resulted in the death of 51 people in October 2017
    • GNR Road Safety Operation "Carnival 2019"
    • Judicial police detain man for drug trafficking
    • GNR detains couple for issuing fake animal vaccinate certificates and 48 breeding dogs in Tavira
  • ► February
    • Funchal - Judicial Police arrest fire suspect
    • Funchal - Detention of suspect in compliance with European Arrest Warrant
    • Suspects responsible for 300 thefts from vehicles identified by GNR
    • Porto – Major Operation results in 15 arrests and narcotics worth one hundred thousand euros seized
    • Nearly 300 cars disappear after Asia Pacific Summit
    • Conference on urban security brings together experts in Coimbra
    • GNR Operation "Violence is not an option"
    • Nineteen arrested in France and Italy in Multi Million Gold Laundering Operation
    • OPERATION KRYPTONITE – JUDICIAL POLICE DETAIN FIVE FOREIGNERS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
    • Leiria - Arrested for Sexual Abuse of a Person Unable to Resist and Sexual Abuse of Children
    • Fire in Garachico, Funchal
    • Two "Hells Angels" detained by the PJ in the Algarve
    • Eleven detained by PJ in high quality drugs seizure on high seas
  • ► January
    • GNR seize 12 tonnes of tobacco
    • PortugalChama Portugal Calls campaign - Rural Fire Prevention and Protection Launched
    • Police Video Cameras on Uniforms
    • Complaints against police actions at a maximum of seven years
    • Minister of Internal Affairs says police cameras on uniforms under consideration
    • PJ inspectors strike on first week of February
    • Prime Minister presided over the installation of the Agency for the Integrated Management of Rural Fire
    • Demonstration on behalf of the District of Jamaica causes disturbances in the Baixa de Lisboa
    • "Molotov cocktails" thrown at PSP squadron building at Bela Vista - Cars burned in Odivelas
    • Results of the National Operation railway and Metropolitan transport
    • Criminal gang recruiting Portuguese women into sham marriages dismantled
    • Minister assures that firefighters will have "reinforced role" in Civil Protection
    • Judicial Police Macau holds 37 suspects in organized illegal money collection scheme
    • Judicial Police holds three men for money laundering resulting from computer fraud
    • PSP and firefighters prevent attempted suicide
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan District – Road Safety Anti- Speeding operation
    • Crime drops in 2018 – Violent and serious crime down nearly 9 percent
    • December third hottest since 1931
    • New rules for drone flights approved. Know the changes
• ► 2018
  • ► December
    • Are you going to drive? Use the "car mode" of your smartphone
    • Lisbon NEW YEAR Festivities Security and Safety Measures
    • Assault victim in Câmara de Lobos goes to the hospital
    • Operation” New Year”
    • 15 dead on the roads during the Christmas period (21st – 26th December)
    • Police looking for man who attacked youngsters in Cascais
    • ASAE seizes 124 tonnes of table olives
    • Christmas Day shooting in Elvas results in one death
    • Yellow vests – Planned demonstration fails to gather pace
    • raft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom Safety and Security - Summary,
    • Preliminary report on the INEM helicopter accident investigation
    • Public who took pieces of the helicopter may have harmed investigation
    • Brexit: No visa but Britons will pay €7 to travel to EU countries
    • 96-year-old woman assaulted and robbed in her home in Valado dos Frades, in Nazaré
    • Caldas da Rainha – Four detained for kidnapping and attempted extortion and robbery.
    • Judicial Police apprehends three persons suspected of control of women for prostitute
    • Three arrested for thefts of tobacco machines and religious items from cemeteries
    • Social-Democratic deputy in the Madeiran parliament caught drink driving - shots fired during car chase.
    • Policia Florestal Corps rescues tourist who was lost in the mountains of Madeira
    • Easy Jet makes an emergency landing
    • Foreigner detained for crimes against Asian Tourists"
    • 84% of fire brigades failed to report information to district commanders
    • Minister of Interior reaffirms to voluntary firefighters that all avenues of dialogue are open in reform process
    • Prevention of terrorism: Festive security precautions
    • "Do more and even better” in the fight against fires in the coming years
    • Six years in prison for former ATL employee who used minors for thefts
    • Elderly woman killed in Foz Côa during house robbery
    • Beware Counterfeit 50 Euro Bank notes in circulation
  • ► November
    • Madeira – GNR Seize 580 litres of illegal alcoholic beverages
    • Man sentenced to a year and a half in prison for stealing six euros
    • Funchal - Streets closed in Funchal due to a suspicious object
    • IPMA WEATHER WARNING HIGH SEAS, WINDS and HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS
    • New Emergency Card Intends to improve communication between foreigners, authorities and medical emergency teams.
    • PSP investigates dock assaults
    • PSP Lisbon District Metropolitan Police neutralize drug trafficking group
    • Operation "Lusar"
    • Conclusion of complex investigation of crimes of falsification or counterfeiting of documents, qualified fraud and money laundering
    • Journalists accused of illegally divulging parts of Operation Marquis
    • PJ holds seven suspects of scams and falsification of documents
    • GNR Operation "Shadowgame" gambling operation results in the arrest of 20 people
  • ► October
    • Operation Albare - Eight persons arrested – Money laundering 40 million and other crimes  
    •  Change of direction in the way the country addresses the rural fires
    • President of Tourism of the North arrested on suspicion of corruption
    • MAI plans to extend SMS warnings to other disasters, in addition to fires
    • NO PLANS TO FURTHER EXTEND THE CRITICAL FIRE PERIOD BEYOND 15TH OCTOBER
    • Damage caused by Tropical Storm Leslie
    • Hurricane Leslie heads towards Portugal landing at Lisbon district
    • Doctors will gather to warn about chaos in emergency services in winter
    • Fire at Sintra- Cascais National Park
    • JUDICIAL POLICE INVESTIGATES SINTRA - CASCAIS FIRE – PLEASE SHARE
    • Beach Safety and Rip Currents
    • SEF detains lawyer suspected of making unfounded asylum applications
    • SEF inspectors detect, in one day, eight false documents at Lisbon Airport
    • Primera Air Files for Bankruptcy and ceases Operations
    • Ten arrested suspected of drug trafficking and possession of prohibited weapons in Seia
    • Increased Rural Fire Hazard Issued 1st October 1430 hrs
    • Portugal Hottest September since records began.
  • ► September
    • Pedrógão Grande: MP accuses 12 people of negligent homicide (manslaughter) crimes
    • Critical Fire period Extended to 15th October 2018
    • Director of the Military Judiciary Police detained in the context of the Tancos case
    • Six die in crash between two minivans on IC8 in Pombal
    • Detained man with 30 doses of heroin in Madeira
    • Prosecutor suspended banking transactions worth 200 million euros this year
    • ^5 year old man arrested with 210 cannabis plants
    • Acores Earthquake Activity – Civil Protection issues Self protection warning
    • Road Traffic Enforcement and accidents
    • Overseas Experts visit Portugal to access Rural fire management
    • Five more pick pockets arrested by PSP Lisbon Metropolitan
    • Forty Two detained for various offences
    • Preventive Detention for Robbery
    • Seizure of counterfeit articles at the "Fair of Light"
    • Person injured following fall on Levada Fajã do Rodrigues in São Vicente
    • Porto Santo- Alleged bomb threat on local flight – confirmed as false alarm.
    • PJ arrest two drug addicts who called police falsely claiming they had been robbed.
    • PSP holds three young people for drug trafficking and closes establishments in Lisbon
    • Social Security closed 56 homes and eight crèches this year
    • Person arrested for causing a forest fire in Almodovar
    • Run the World - Complete a 10km run in all 206 countries in the world by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
    • Acores - Red level High seas, strong winds and heaving rainfall warnings to be hoisted.
    • Delay in the statute and organic law of the PJ compromises the fight against corruption
    • Azores - 840 kgs Cocaine seized by Judicial Police
    • PSP Police commence "Operation Safe School 2018/19"
    • Portuguese Air Force saves 150 migrants from vessel sinking in Mediterranean sea
    • Premier FX Closure - Reporting to authorities in Portugal
    • Rural Fires - Provisional Figures show reduction in ignitions and burned area
  • ► August
    • Causes of Rural fires
    • IMPORTANT REFERENCES IN THE EVENT OF AN EXTREME RISK OF RURAL FIRES
    • Person arrested for Forest Fire crime
    • Insults and threats made to the Pedrógão Grande Council over fire donations
    • Number of Defibrillators in public spaces set to rapidly expand
    • Rural Fires – Government Contact Point to receive public views
    • Rising Temperatures Public Health advice 18th - 19th August
    • ANPC WARNING INCREASE IN SEVERITY - SMS TEXT TO THOSE IN AREA IMPLEMENTED
    • Premier FX Administrators appointed 
    • Pension fraud and scams
    • PUBLIC SAFETY ADVICE FOLLOWING MONCHIQUE FIRE - PLEASE SHARE
    • Note on to statement of the Prime Minister at the ANPC
    • MONCHIQUE FIRES - SITREP - 10th AUGUST 2018 10.00 hrs
    • MONCHIQUE FIRES - FARO CDPC EXTRAORDINARY MEETING
    • MONCHIQUE - FIRE PROTECTION AND ADVICE FROM GOVERNMENT
    • MONCHIQUE FIRES – SITREP – 9th AUGUST 10.00 hrs
    • MONCHIQUE FIRES – SITREP – WEDNESDAY - MONDAY 8TH AUGUST – 12. 00 HRS
    • MONCHIQUE FIRES - SITREP – 8TH AUGUST 2018 – 08.00 hrs
    • MONCHIQUE FIRES - SITREP- TUESDAY 7TH AUGUST 13.00 HRS
    • Rural Fires 6th August 2018 ANPC Operational Situation - Press Release
    • Monchique Fires - SITREP - 6th August 22.00 hrs
    • UK Travel Advice - Monchique
    • MONCHIQUE RURAL FIRES - SITREP 5TH AUGUST 2018 23.00 hrs
    • MONCHIQUE RURAL FIRES - SITREP 5TH AUGUST 2018 23.00 hrs
    • ANPC Press release Updated fire situation
    • Action in the Event of a rural fire
    • Monchique Rural Fire - SITREP – 5th August 1300 hrs
    • Rural Fire in Estremoz - six injured
    • Monchique Rural Fire SITREP - 4th August 2018 - 20.00 hrs
    • Monchique Rural Fire - SITREP - 4TH August 2018 - 1700 hrs
    • Rural Fires - Statement of Alert situation
    • Hotel customers arrested for document forgery and computer fraud
    • Especially violent crime - organized crime
    • Full Moon Operation - Judiciary Police and GNR detain narcotics traffickers at BOOM Festival
    • ANPC - Increase in temperatures Advice for tourists
  • ► July
    • Carnaxide - Detained for attempted qualified homicide
    • Maritime Police Advise of Thefts on Beaches
    • The number of detainees from the Hells Angels group is 59
    • Pedrógão Grande: Number of defendants increases to 18
    • Judicial Police dismantle criminal network installing credit card reading devices in ATMs
    • Judicial Police arrest five persons and seize 15 kgs of Hashish
    • 56 persons linked to Hells Angeles motorcycle group arrested for serious crimes ahead of Faro’s motorcycle gathering
    • Mandatory Registration of Drones
  • ► June
    • Priority for the prevention of forest fires "was a great victory in society"
    • Social Security launches protocol for emergencies and catastrophes
    • Safe Village and Safe Persons Program - MAI Social Communication Note - June 14, 2018
    • ICNF LAUNCHES APP TO HELP IN REQUESTING THE BURNING OF DEBRIS AND SCRIBLAND WASTE
    • Portuguese society has never been so prepared» for forest fires
    • Prison sentences for owner and driver of vehicle involved in vehicle accident where 12 Portuguese citizens died
    • Lawyer obtained millions through Gold Visa scams
    • GNR cancels 31 counts of misconduct for lack of clearing of weeds
    • Villages have 450 local security officers under Safe Village – Safe People Scheme
    • Portugal decreases slightly to 4th place in latest global piece index results
    • Safe Villages - Safe People publicity material
  • ► May
    • Safe Villages - Safe People – Self Protection Awareness Sessions
    • SEF holds seven foreign nationals for irregular stay in Portugal
    • Delay in the issuing Passports and Residence permits
    • Land Cleaning - Beware Fraudsters attempting to elicit fines for non-compliance
    • Fire-fighting plan in the Algarve reinforced and with many new features
    • Portugal will have aerial fire-fighting capacity throughout the year for the first time - Minister
    • Six arrested for abduction, forced marriage and rape of an 18 year old
    • Man detained at the airport with cocaine sufficient for 30 thousand doses
    • ANPC MONTEMURO Exercise
    • Tavira Land Cleaning Awareness Session for the Foreign Community
    • Government will refurbish PSP facilities in the Azores
    • Elderly woman opened the door to two women and was robbed in Coimbra
    • Firemen and EMIR assist passenger at Madeira Airport
    • National Watchtower Network starts operating today 7th May
    • VILA VERDE FIREFIGHTER SHOT WHEN FIGHTING A FIRE CAUSED BY BURNING
    • Most wanted British fugitive, Jamie Acourt, captured in Barcelona
    • ASAE makes the biggest ever seizure of cash during anti-counterfeiting (sports shoes) operation
    • SEF intercepts persons on suspicion of tobacco smuggling
    • SEF executes search warrants in Coimbra
    • Tondela – Man Identified for robberies, extortion and threats with firearm
    • Ourique - Arrested for crimes of theft
    • Welcome to ALGARSAFE'18!
    • Four Arrested for theft at Humberto Delgado Airport Lisbon
  • ► April
    • Safe Communities Portugal signs Protocol with the Ministry of Internal Administration
    • PSP criminal investigation will receive one million euros for refurbishment of facilities
    • PJ needs 240 new inspectors to get out of "suffocation"
    • SEF Inspectors Union warns of "lack of control" of trafficking in human beings in Portugal
    • Portugal will have 640 beaches approved for bathing this year, plus 99 against 2017
    • Man confessed to having caused a fire on the worst day on 2017 in Oliveira de Azeméis
    • Five arrested for causing rural fires
    • Câmara de Lobos - Detention for vehicle theft and driving without legal authorisation
    • 41 Detained by the PSP of Lisbon
    • More than 100,000 doses of heroin and cocaine seized by PSP in Porto
    • Monchique GPCF EDITAL NO. 4/2018 Execution of Fuel Management Bands
    • CIVIL PROTECTION AND PORTUGUESE ARMY TEST EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO A SEISMIC SCENARIO IN THE ALGARVE REGION
    • Olhão - GNR seizes 50 thousand euros in illegal casino
    • Madeira businessman acquitted of fraud in diamond business
    • Special team set up to investigate linked football crimes
    • Two tonnes of clams seized by GNR Coastal Control Unit
    • Porto - Judicial Police arrest person for drug trafficking
    • PSP Operational activities 9th April 2018
    • PSP Cascais arrest two persons for theft on train
    • Funchal – Three arrested for drug trafficking
  • ► March
    • Abandoned dogs and cats 2017
    • Portugal Crime Statistics for 2017 
    • Land Cleaning - How measures will be enforced
    • Portugal will deploy more than 500 police and military personnel in Frontex missions
    • Ten people arrested for illegal sale of U2 concert tickets
    • Pre-trial detention for 13 robberies against the elderly
    • Judicial Police detain a man for setting fire to an apartment in Vila Nova de Gaia
    • Extradition of two persons wanted by Portuguese authorities from Brazil
    • Alcains – Two persons arrested for more than 30 vehicle thefts
    • GNR Search and Rescue exercises in extreme weather conditions
    • WARNING TO THE POPULATION - PRECIPITATION, WIND and HIGH SEAS ISSUED 16TH MARCH 2018
    • WARNING TO THE POPULATION- ROUGH SEAS, PRECIPITATION, WIND AND SNOW FALL ISSUED 14TH March
    • WARNING TO THE POPULATION - PRECIPITATION, SNOW, WIND and ROUGH SEAS
    • WARNING TO THE POPULATION LIKELIHOOD OF FLOODING IN THE TEJO BASIN AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF COMBRA
    • Rain improves water supplies, but the drought is not over yet
    • WARNING TO THE POPULATION PRECIPITATION, WIND and HIGH SEAS
    • Orange alert for the mountainous regions of Madeira with the wind reaching 130km / h
    • French sailboat in distress near Porto Santo
  • ► February
    • ANPC Notice to the population issued 27th February - Precipitation, snowfall, wind and high seas
    • Prime Minister - The greatest threat to internal security facing the country is the risk of fire
    • Lordosa – Four to appear in court for causing forest fires due to burning of debris
    • Santa Maria da Feira - Two arrested for robbing an 85 year old woman 
    • Portuguese Fireman’s League threatens to boycott Governments Special Firefighting Mechanism (DECIF), 2018
    • Seismic situation in Azores expected to last a few more days
    • Câmara de Lobos - three persons arrested for drug trafficking
    • Safer Internet Day - 6th February 2018
    • Advice to the population - Freezing temperatures
    • Cold Weather – Porto and Lisbon announce contingency plans to help the homeless
  • ► January
    • Directorate-General for Health recommends yellow fever vaccination for all travellers to Brazil 
    • Forest Fires - Communiqué of the Ministerial Council of January 18, 2018
    • Minister of Internal Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, at the press conference of the Council of Ministers, Lisbon, January 18, 2018
    • Seven years in jail for person guilty of 17 burglaries
    • Massive operation by GNR Tax Action Unit and Tax Authority results in seizure of 12 tonnes of tobacco leaf and 19 arrests
    • Alcaria – Person accused of pet cruelt
    • Maritime Authority warn: Rough seas and strong swells until 19th December
    • Portugal Eight dead and 50 injured in boiler explosion
    • Illegal IPTV streaming network shut down by law enforcement authorities –  Four arrests
    • PSP Ribeira Brava - Seizure of 12 weapons
    • Warning to Population: Precipitation, snow, wind and rough seas
    • Hidden cameras found in several Airbnb rented apartments
    • MP confirms arrest of Mayor of Funchal and two others resulting from fall of tree that killed 13 people
    • Warning – Rain, snow, wind and rough seas - Issued 4th January 2018
    • More than 500 people died on Portuguese roads in 2017
    • 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia: 13th Anniversary of Portugal's Emergency Support Mission
    • Survey shows almost a 1m people may have fallen victim to fraud on Airbnb website last year.
    • ASAE seizes half a tonne of suckling piglet 
    • GNR Operational Results 30th December to 1st January
    • GNR record over New Year fewer deaths, injuries and accidents than last year
    • LBP Proposes Memorial to Deceased Firefighters
    • GNR Operation “Tranquilo Natal" - Results
• ► 2017
  • ► December
    • New Year’s Eve Top Tips Safety Messages from police
    • New Year Safety and Security arrangements Lisbon
    • New year's festivities in the Praça do Comércio,  Lisbon  - Safety and Security arrangements
    • ANPC Issues high seas and wind warning
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Police – Operational activity 22nd – 29th December
    • GNR Operation "Tranquilo Natal" – Results
    • Judicial Police arrest six persons for series of high value burglaries
    • ASAE seizes about 30,000 counterfeit articles
    • IPMA issues orange and yellow adverse weather alerts as Storm Bruno affects Portugal
    • One dead and five injured from carbon monoxide poisoning
    • Fire destroys rural tourism unit in Alandroal
    • ASAE seizes Fake "Barca Velha" and "Pêra Manca" wine
    • Vila Real - Joint operation between the GNR and the Spanish Guardia Civil
    • GNR GIPS Awarded the Distinguished Public Safety Services Gold Medal
    • Eleven prison sentences for massive driving license corruption case
    • Porto - GNR seizes 21 kg of heroin and arrests 18 persons in one of the largest trafficking networks
    • GNR operation results in 491 Persons identified for drunk driving
    • Forty defendants charged with theft of luxury cars
    • ANPC Notice to the Population - Cold and dry weather
    • Attempting to travel on a cancelled passport
    • Person arrested by PSP for theft from vehicles
    • Couple sentenced for trafficking in persons, pimping and aiding illegal immigration
    • GNR Gerês - Rescue five young people lost in Peneda-Gerês National Park
    • GNR seize clams worth nearly thirty thousand euros
    • GNR Sintra seize €70,000 in counterfeit clothing
    • The commander of the Civil Protection who became a hero in Pedrógão Grande
    • Loures - Five persons charged with attempted homicide against police agents
  • ► November
    • This years flu maybe more serious - Vacinations recommended by Health Authority
    • Strengthening the European Union in civil protection meets the needs identified by Portugal
    • Portugal integrated into the Tsunami early warning network
    • GNR holds three people and registers nine crimes during private security operation
    • Minister of International Administration announces budget for police and civil protection
    • More than 5,000 child sex offenders are registered
    • Judicial Police arrest 52 persons arrested in major drug trafficking operation
    • Arrested for agricultural burning leading to Forest Fires
    • Calls for greater international cooperation in combatting on-line travel fraud
    • Safe Communities Portugal Celebrates its 5th Anniversary
    • Security Companies to be suspended in serious cases
    • Rural Fire Hazard Warning Published by ANPC - Please Share
    • Mobile support units deployed to municipalities affected by October fires
    • Portugal should strive to remain one of the safest countries in the world
    • Volunteer and professional fire brigades join forces to create the Portuguese Fire Brigade Federation.
    • Public company for the management of forests to be created
    • More than 442,000 thousand hectares burned in the worst year ever in Portugal
    • 2017 is one of the three hottest years ever
    • Mourato Nunes is the new president of Civil Protection
    • More accidents, more dead and more injured on the roads this year
    • NEAMWAVE'17 Exercise to test the alert system and effectiveness of level of reaction to a tsunami
    • Portuguese Marines board a ship 800 kms south of Portugal and seize a ton of cocaine
    • UN Special Adviser wants an increase in women police officers in UN missions
    • Driest October for 20 years and hottest since 1931
  • ► October
    • PYRO-CUMULONIMBUS. The phenomenon that may be the origin of the fires of October 15
    • Report finds serious security breaches at prisons' entry
    • Fires caused peak air pollution and Fumes reached the Baltic countries
    • Conferência "Um alerta para a fraude online na indústria do turismo"
    • Prime Minister has not yet accepted resignation of the president of Civil Protection
    • Conference - On-line Fraud affecting the Global Tourism Industry
    • Immediate response to feeding of farm animals affected by October fires
    • Criminal Group who enticed French Nationals  to Portugal arrested
    • National Strategy for the Prevention of Forest Fires Approved by Government
    • Portugal – Government reshuffle - appointments/re-appointments
    • ANPC Bulletin - Increased Fire risk over the next week
    • Incêndios: Mangualde divulga lista de bens prioritários para socorro das populações
    • ANPC - Notice to the population - Marine Conditions
    • Fires: Câmara de Santa Comba Dão, Viseu  requests  volunteers for reconstruction d collection donations
    • Municipality of Mangualde – Appeal for donations of goods to help fire victims
    • Minister of Justice highlights role of Judicial Police in fire prevention
    • Recovery of weapons stolen from Tacos Military base
    • Five suspects arrested of robbing an elderly couple in Viana do Castelo
    • Prime Minister’s speech to the nation on 16th October regarding the forest fires
    • Deployment of Army in fighting forest fires
    • Forest Fires Public Calamity Announcement by the Prime Minister on 15th October -
    • Worst day of the year for number of forest fires
    • Portugal - Forest Fires - SITREP 15:30 hrs 15th October 2017
    • Pedrógão Grande - The State is responsible for the failures of services
    • Pedrógão Grande fire report - Key findings
    • Lisbon - Strong police response to protest by security forces
    • Pedrógão Grande report identifies serious failures in the response to the fire
    • Government reopens 72 GNR lookouts due to fires
    • Secretary of State says latest fires are of criminal origin.
    • ATM explosion destroys bank branch in Leiria
    • September was the hottest and driest month of the last 87 years
    • Over 80% of Portugal in “Severe drought”
    • Maritime Police to step up surveillance on the "big weekend"
    • National Maritime Authority (AMN) advise safety when entering cold water
    • PJ seize 400 kilograms of cocaine in a vessel and detain two men
    • Caldas da Rainha Crime Prevention and Public Safety Seminar
  • ► September
    • Climate of security in Portugal has created investment - MAI
    • Millions of medicines seized in largest operation against online pharmacies
    • PSP arrest four persons for drug trafficking and possession of a prohibited weapon
    • Lisbon - PSP detain person for burglaries
    • Lisbon - Person detained by PSP suspected of homicide
    • Crime Prevention and Public Safety Seminar - Caldas da Rainha
    • Fake marriages involving Portuguese women allow Nigerians to enter Europe
    • British Proconsul Angela Morado awarded an Honorary MBE by HM the Queen
    • Illegal races cross Portugal at more than 210 kph
    • Former firefighter sentenced to 12 years and six months in prison for starting rural fires
    • Criminal group involved in large-scale trafficking of illegal doing substances disrupted
    • Caldas da Rainha Multibanco machine damaged by explosives
    • PROJECT EDWARD - European Day without a Road Death
    • Guarda - GNR arrests 10 persons for drug trafficking
    • Wheelchair to help disabled bathers stolen on Mindelo beacho
  • ► August
    • GNR seize shotgun and cannabis in operation in Murtosa
    • PJ holds two men who made fake 20 euro banknotes
    • Man Given 3-Month Prison Sentence for ‘Liking’ a Photo on Facebook
    • Strike by SEF Inspectors cancelled - Government authorises recruitment of 100 new inspectors
    • Portugal link in record heroin drug seizure in Spain – 11 arrested
    • Macao - Five dead and 153 injured as a result of Typhoon Hato
    • Pilot dead in fire fighting helicopter crash
    • The causes of rural fires in 2017
    • Terrorist attack in Barcelona and Cambrils Spain – Portuguese victim
    • Santana - Double Homicide
    • Government penalizes SIRESP operator following Pedrógão Grande deaths
    • SEF participates in police operation in Malaga
    • ANPC issues high temperature and fire risk warnings
    • Civil Protection in Turmoil – ANPC denounces inaccurate media report
    • GNR GIPS rescues child in Gerês
    • SEF arrests four persons for illegal immigration, pimping
    • SEF detains person wanted by Brazil for homicide
    • SEF detain foreign citizen in Oporto wanted by Spain for drug trafficking
    • Lisbon - Two persons arrested for robbery
    • Oporto - Two arrest for drug trafficking
    • Judicial Police arrest person for causing fire in Penafiel
  • ► July
    • GNR rescues 133 migrants in the Aegean
    • Vila Cova da Lixa – GNR seize more than 2 900 counterfeit articles
    • Lisbon – Woman detained at the airport with 23 capsules of cocaine inside her body
    • Former TAP employees on Angola's money laundering scheme
    • Great Ormond Street staff 'get death threats' over Charlie Gard
    • Man accused of raping three women in Valongo
    • Man accused of raping three women in Valongo
    • Madeira - GNR makes record breaking seizure of cannabis plants
    • Azores - US military acquitted rape and attempted murder
    • Portugal lost almost a third of the firefighters in ten years, but professionals increase.
    • Government advances by the end of July the mandatory registration of drones
    • Four years in prison for inspector of the PJ who diverted 40 thousand euros
    • Breakthrough in crackdown on travel false sickness claims
    • Castelo Branco - 15 arrested for trafficking in narcotics
    • Madeira forest fire arsonist sentenced to 14 years
    • IPMA - Only a 5% chance of Pedrógão Grande fire was caused by lightening
    • Aveiro - Person who started nine forest fires given suspended sentence
    • Eight firefighters injured, two in serious condition, in fire at Abrantes
    • Pedrógão Grande: Government estimates losses of 500 million euros
    • GNR Operation “Safe Summer” 2017
    • Authorities warn of probable disease increase in Pedrógão Grande following fires
    • Lisbon - Airport employee seriously assaulted by two passengers
    • Fraud: British agencies encourage tourists to file false sickness claims in Portugal
  • ► June
    • Cascais - The Safe and Sunny Tourism Seminar breaks new ground
    • Navy sends 154 military personnel for safety and population support following fires
    • PJ holds woman suspected of starting a forest fire in Lamego
    • Forest Fire Risk warning issued by ANPC - 23rd June
    • Portugal Fires – Situation Report – 22nd June 1100 hrs - Embassy contact list
    • Portugal: At least 62 people killed in forest fires northeast of Lisbon
    • Fire Surveillance teams already patrol Madeira
    • 19-year-old firefighter who is alleged to have started fires arrested by Judicial Police
    • Plane makes manoeuvre to avoid collision with drone when landing in Cascais
    • "Recovery of two " French bulldogs""
    • GNR recovers 3000 stolen cork wallets in Vila do Conde
    • Government prepares punishments against magistrates who delay proceedings
    • The Safe and Sunny Holiday Seminar
    • The Judiciary Police, carried out searches in Porto and Lisbon hospitals – three doctors constituted defendents.
    • GNR dismantles fraud of more than 40 million euros in tobacco
    • GNR seize 16 tonnes of frozen octopus
    • PSP detain seven persons for drug trafficking
  • ► May
    • ASAE union threatens court action against Ministry of Economy
    • Security “was not and is not a priority" in Portugal, says President of OSCOT
    • Cybercrime and violence in sport are priorities for criminal investigation by 2019
    • Funchal - Seizure of more than 300 liters of Japanese Sake
    • 10 tonnes of hashish seized in the Strait of Gibraltar with six arrested in Judicial Police coordinated operation
    • Two Luxembourg nationals accused of cheating hundreds of Portuguese citizens in air travel fraud go to trial
    • Pastor detained suspected of causing a forest fire in the Alvão mountain range
    • Seventh member of armed robbery gang in Alentejo arrested
    • Two “Hugs and Kisses thieves” detained by PSP
    • Fatima – GNR Operational results
    • Portugal was able to defend itself against the Wannacry
    • Accidental hero' halts ransomware attack and warns: this is not over
    • Pope’s visit: Operation passed with tranquillity, says the Government
    • Suspect of creating game Blue whale says he was "cleaning society"
    • Three Chinese citizens arrested at the border with 706,000 euros in cash
    • Leader of "gang" of drug trafficking in Porto sentenced to 14 years
    • Sixty nine maltreated animals recovered by GNR in Setúbal
    • GNR seized 3.8 million euros in counterfeit goods in 2016
    • Woman hiding cocaine in children's books destined for Portugal
    • Foreigner detained and another notified to leave Portugal
    • Braga court sentences 23 defendants for drug trafficking
    • Person accused of more than one thousand crimes of child pornography in Lisbon
    • The Blue Whale Challenge
    • Suicide Game "Blue Whale" arrives in Portugal - Police give advice to parents
  • ► April
    • PSP Lisbon detain person for robberies on Public Transport
    • GNR and PSP begin training for dangerous dog owners by end of June
    • In three years, the PSP seized 6870 converted alarm weapons
    • Temporary re-introduction of border controls during His Holiness Pope Francis visit
    • Person detained in Lisbon in connection with arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities
    • Over 100 firefighters fight fire in Trajouce
    • GNR recover parts from 300 stolen cars
    • Police detain man for causing a forest fire in Barcelos
    • Judicial Police arrest man suspected of child pornography
    • Funchal - Man appears before court charged with qualified homicide of ex-girlfriend.
    • Seven children abused every day.
    • Lisbon - Campaign to educate people on the selling of Fake drugs by street venders
    • PSP arrest two persons for drug trafficking
    • GNR Conduct operations on Private Security Activities
    • Portugal made eight thousand requests to Facebook, Google and Microsoft to fight cybercrime
    • Network dismantled trafficking in luxury vehicles rented in Portugal
    • Operation "Cobra" - Wildlife protection
    • Figueiró dos Vinhos - Recovery of stolen material
    • Up to 800 Portuguese students returned to Portugal following vandalism in Spain.
    • Person arrested for defrauding an elderly person using counterfeit €50 bank notes
    • Judicial Police detain two people for fraud and counterfeiting of credit cards in Lisbon
    • ASAE seizes 5000 litres of Goat’s milk
    • “State” earns money from Prostitution fines.
    • PSP seize illegal weapons
    • Algarve Crime - Lowest since 1998
  • ► March
    • PSP destroy over 3000 firearms
    • 2016 recorded the lowest number of crimes in the last 15 years.
    • Seizures of hashish and ecstasy up nearly 200% in 2016
    • Barcelos – ASAE dismantles illegal casino
    • Ministry calls for improved inventory of police weapons
    • Portugal - Proposals to combat terrorism, involve loss of nationality to those convicted
    • Judicial Police investigation death of elderly woman in Madeira
    • Four people stabbed to death in the parish of São Veríssimo, in Barcelos.
    • Suspect of terrorism interrogated in Lisbon stays in pre-trial detention
    • SEF inspect nightlife and massage establishments in Aveiro
    • Victims of dating violence increase 60% in three years
    • Aveiro - Major Fire at paper mill
    • GNR Awareness operation of forest fires
    • Individual of financing Islamic State arrested in Spain
    • Lisbon - Lost backpack containing €5000 found and returned to owner
    • "Hackers" attack computers of the National Defence Institute
    • PJ arrests woman for fraud of millions in Belgium
    • Government changes GNR status concerning senior promotions.
    • PSP hold company liable for managing goldsmith security alarms without permits
    • PSP seizes more than six thousand doses of hashish in Beja
    • Bomb threat results in bank evacuation in Oliveira de Azeméis
    • Suspect child trafficker detained by SEF in Lisbon
    • GNR detains 52 persons in 12 hour operation
    • Young person assaulted next to disco in Funchal
    • PSP in Porto detains 17 people during operation
    • Portuguese couple arrested in Spain for human trafficking and slavery
    • PSP destroy more than 3000 weapons
    • PSP seizes hashish worth more than 2 million euros
    • Parliament approves increase in penalties for Corruption
    • Nine people including eight Chinese detained for money laundering
    • Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat (SOCTA) 2017
    • Madeira - Two people charged with negligent homicide of girl who died in inflatable bouncy castle
    • Public prosecutor accuses former firefighter of 17 fire crimes
    • Lisbon - Four arrested and €600,000 worth of drugs seized
    • Alleged robbery of 80 year old not pursued by prosecutors
    • FCA reveals the tactics investment fraudsters use to deceive over 55s
    • Pet Cruelty Crime increases in 2016
    • Parish councils will be able to create local civil protection units
    • Spain - Criminal organization dedicated to blasting ATMs dismantled
    •  Army will help fight forest fires
    • Madeira – PSP Operation Always Present Police - Carnival in Security 2017
    • Colombian drug network dismantled in Spain
    • ATM broken into in Caldas da Rainha
    •  ASAE seizes ivory for sale on the internet
    • Search continues for missing 13 year old
  • ► February
    • Tourist falls whilst walking on Levada
    • French tourist dies in Botanical gardens
    • German Tourist Falls
    • Lawyer arrested while taking drugs to client in prison
    • GNR detain in Campo Maior two men for car theft from the Câmara de Mogadouro
    • Nine thousand drivers caught without a valid driving licence
    • Trancoso - missing elderly person found by GNR
    • GNR tests social networks in response to earthquake simulation
    • Civil Protection technicians from Alentejo and Algarve received training in Mértola
    • Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs summoned to parliament
    • Escapee from prison in Portugal released in Spain due to lack of warrant
    • DNA database only has 6000 profiles of convicts - It should have 42,000
    • "332 Detained"
    • PSP detain person for five robberies in Sintra
    • Lourosa - GNR seize 12,000 doses of hashish
    • Minister of interior hands over 34 vehicles to PSP
    • SEF strengthens staff at Lisbon airport
    • Person found guilty of causing forest fire in Madeira in 2016 sentenced to three years in prison.
    • Six Irish nationals known as the "Tar Gang" arrested for fraud
    • Missing PSP service pistols recovered in Spain
    • Ovar - GNR arrest four persons preparing to break into Western Union
    • Seia - GNR investigating thefts from 24 vehicles
    • Lisbon - Jewellery robbery at Centro Comercial Amoreiras
    • US serviceman based in Azores accused of attempted murder, rape and kidnapping
    • Lisbon District - Social security, National Health Service and Treasury loose nearly €45 million to fraudsters
    • Portugal participates in Europol operation to identify victims of child abuse
    • Person appears in court charged with concealment of husband's corpse
    • Sines - More than 2,000 doses of drugs seized by GNR
    •  DNA database only comprises 8,000 samples in seven years
    • The Secretary of State for the Environment's official car broken into
    • SP arrest person for possession of prohibited weapons and drug trafficking
    • Europol meeting attended by Police Chiefs discusses heightened Jihadist terrorism in Europe
    • PSP break up Algarve trafficking network supplying drugs to Setúbal
    • Course "Combating Illegal Immigration and Trafficking in Persons" in Algeria by SEF experts
    • Cascais - Maximum penalty for mother convicted of killing two daughters at sea
    • Câmara de Lobos – PSP detain a woman for trafficking in narcotics.
    • Pre-trial detention for ten detainees at Amadora earlier this month for violent crime
    • Águeda - GNR detain two persons - one ton of copper wire seized
    • Quinta do Conde - Closure of illegal home for the elderly
    • PSP Viseu detain two boys for drug trafficking in schools
    • Judicial Police investigates awarding of bar/catering contracts in hospitals
    • Coordinated International Action against Child Pornography - Searches in Lisbon
    • Funchal – GNR seize about 3 thousand euros in illicit gambling
    • Hackers enter emails and give orders to transfer millions
    • Up to 11 years in prison for 13 convicted of breakings during baptisms, weddings and funerals
    • Three men suspected of attempting to kill PSP agents arrested by Judicial Police
    • GNR and Microsoft sign European Secure Internet Day
    • Two detainees in Portugal are among the most wanted in Atgentina
    • Ponte de Lima - Attempted Goldsmith robbery using automatic firearms
    • GNR arrest a person for burglaries recovering over one million worth of stolen items
    • Civil Protection records a thousand incidents mostly due to wind in 48 hours
    • 10 Detained for robberies in Police Operation
    • PSP Radar Speed checks
    • Man arrested for alleged sexual abuse of five children
    • GNR Caldas da Rainha detain two for theft of more than 20 vehicles
    • GNR opens two new posts in Viseu District
    • GNR Operational activity 27th Jan to 2nd Feb
    • SEF anti-illegal immigration operation in Chaves
    • Judiciary police arrest suspected offender for child sexual abuse and child pornography in aggravated form
  • ► January
    • More than 38 tonnes of fish seized by the GNR in 2016 donated to social solidarity institutions
    • Thousands in Portugal defrauded in US TelexFree pyramid scheme - person arrested
    • SEF detains person at Lisbon airport wanted by German Authorities
    • Portugal sends special firefighting force to Chile
    • Family in Vila Nova de Milfontes intoxicated by carbon monoxide
    • ASAE donates 4.4 tons of food in 2016
    • Court acquits Algerians who fled Lisbon airport
    • Man detained in Serpa for illegal possession of 12 firearms
    • Robber shot by goldsmith in abortive robbery attempt
    • Nearly 8000 counterfeit bank notes withdrawn from circulation in 2016
    • Judicial Police arrest woman for theft using employers credit card codes
    • Câmara de Lobos – Woman arrested for drug trafficking
    • Person made a defendent following a shooting in the Serra de Agua area
    • GNR military man stabbed by three assailants in Campanário.
    • PSP sizes large sums of cash in an operation to combat drug trafficking in Funchal
    •  Police detained six people and seized drugs in Castelo Branco
    • SIS official arrested in Rome remains under house
    • Road deaths in Portugal show greatest decrease in Europe
    • SEF apprehends six persons for working illegally
    • Lisbon - SEF detains person wanted by the Spanish Auithorities
    • Social Security Institute employee arrested for corruption
    • GNR FRONTEX Mission in Greece and Bulgaria - 2016/2017
    • PJ holds members of a a "cell" suspected of "millionaire thefts" to houses
    • Maj. Gen. Rui Moura Operational Commander of the GNR, considered one of the "brightest" Army officers, resigns
    • “Portugal must be prepared for terrorism"
    • Spanish Police seize 10,000 firearms in major operation
    • Police examining reports of Spanish fake animal welfare charities seeking donations
    •  PSP arrest person for false employment fraud and theft from elderly in Residence
    • Cold weather prompts health agencies to make recommendations
    • DGS received 582 complaints of violence against doctors and nurses
    • INEM received more than one million calls in 2016
    • GNR suspects at least 23 burglaries to houses in Alto Minho
    • Lisbon - Two men who climbed a fence at Lisbon airport detained
    • Police detain a man suspected of aggravated child pornography
    • Charges introduced for candidates applying to join the GNR and PSP
    • Funchal – Suspect arrested for Monte Toboggan run murder
    • Group dismantled bringing illegal immigrants from France to Portugal
    • Madeira - Police arrest a 32-year-old man suspected of crimes against air transport safety
    •  Sintra creates permanent team of foresters to prevent fires
    • Eleven people killed in Road accidents in the first week of the Year.
    • Estoril, Cascais - 87 year old woman attacked in her home
    • Persons arrested for aggravated robbery with shotgun and arson
    • 10 arrests, 34 searches, seizure of more than 158,000 doses of narcotic drugs
    • Island of Porto Santo -  GNR Seize about 24 kilos of cocaine
    • Madeira has the highest incidence rate of domestic violence in Portugal
    • Castelo Branco - More than 48 tons of tobacco leaf seized
    • Funchal - Person detained in compliance with European Arrest Warrant for tax evasion
    •  SEF arrest nine persons at Lisbon airport
    • GNR Operation New Year - Road traffic accident and enforcement results
    • Montijo - Person detained for drug trafficking
    • GNR arrest 426 people in operations
• ► 2016
  • ► December
    • ANPC - National operational commander to step down
    • President of Directing Council of the Regional Civil Protection Service Madeira to step down
    • Overall and violent crime continues to decrease in 2016
    • Driving license lessons to include first aid
    • GNR catches dog after attack on people
    • Operation "Tranquilo Natal": 587 accidents and one fatal
    • Azores - Public employees arrested on suspicion of diversion of 400 thousand euros
    • GNR Guarda delivers footware and clothing to institutions
    • GNR Viseu arrests three persons for drug trafficking
    • Corruption convictions are less but PJ investigates more
    • Additional funding for the GNR and PSP announced
    • GNR seizes homemade liqueur on Avenida Arriaga
    • Lisbon - PSP arrest man for drug trafficking
    • Two persons arrested by Judicial Police for counterfeiting and passing counterfeit money
    • Person arrested for deceiving the elderly
    • GNR - More than 33 tons of stolen pine cones seized
    • GNR Operation "Safe Commerce"
    • PSP Operation Safe Holidays
    • Estremoz - GNR seize six million cigarettes
    • ASAE - Operation activities - Jan to Oct 2016
    • SEF arrests wanted person arriving from UK at Porto Airport
    • Conviction for pimping in a case investigated by SEF
    • Leiria – Six arrested for serious violent crimes
    • Person arrested for theft of pine cones
    • Alijó – GNR arrest 11 persons for illegal hunting,
    • 83 year old arrested for possession of firearms, weapons and ammunition
    • Mafra – Two arrested for theft of items from vehicles.
    • GNR arrest 138 persons during operations
    • GNR detain two persons for illegal stay
    • PSP – 24 graduate in sign language course
    • Câmara de Lobos - More than 6 kilograms of drugs seized
  • ► November
    • Nine detained and 25 identified in PSP operation in Câmara de Lobos and Ribeira Brava
    • British tourist dies after a fall in Madeira
    • Oeiras - 16 year old detained for trafficking in Narcotics "
    • Lisbon and Setúbal - Three arrested for theft
    • Vila Franca de Xira - Six persons arrested for multiple residential burglaries
    • 178 arrests in European operation against money laundering
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan arrest man for Drug Trafficking
    • Maritime Police carry out inspections in the Selvagens
    • Venezuelan Police rescue kidnapped Portuguese farmer
    • Controlled blasting by GIPS at Fajã ranch in Camara de Lobos.
    • GNR seizes 10,000 bees in Ponta Delgada
    • Sintra and Mafra - Theft from elderly
    • Prison population decreasing but still over limit.
    • Judicial police dismantles industrial plantation of cannabis – 600 plants seized – four arrests
    • Madeira - Government announces fire prevention plan
    • GNR Madeira seize 1.3 kilos of Cocaine
    • Setúbal – GNR make 13 arrests and seize 35 tons of pine cones and corks
    • PSP identifies 13 subjects in operation in Ribeira Brava and Câmara de Lobos
    • PSP Madeira detains six persons for drug trafficking
    • Madeira - GNR undertake series of operations
    • Madeira – GNR Anti-Gambling operation
    • Pharmacists arrested for fraud to the National Health Service
    • PSP Police agent arrested
    • PSP Lisbon detain arrest two pick pockets
    • Operation FRONTEX Greece – GNR Coastal Control Unit returns to Portugal
  • ► October
    • Chaves - Person arrested for fraud against the elderly
    • GNR distribute 50,000 magnetic safety cards for the elderly
    • PSP Lisbon seize ivory pieces in action against illegal ivory trading
    • Seizure of cigarettes worth EUR 1.24 million
    • GNR Agent killed, two others injured following a robbery
    • GNR locates backpack containing 25,000 euros – returned to owner
    • Malveira - Three arrested for pimping
    • East European criminal group dismantled by SEF
    • Indian call centre closed down - 750 people apprehended
    • Madeira - GNR Seize 1.3 kilograms of cocaine
    • Seminar – “From Fire to Floods – Disaster Reduction in the Algarve"
  • ► September
    • Judicial police arrested two men suspected of aggravated child pornography
    • Operation "Guardian Angel" - Results
    • Gouveia - missing elderly person rescued by GNR
    • Safe Communities Portugal and PSP sign National Protocol
    • PSP “Operation Active Safety” results
    • SEF arrest person for drug trafficking - Lisbon Airport
    • Traffic Accidents increase but road deaths decrease
    • PSP arrest more than 19,000 during "Safe Summer" operation
    • "Tispol - Seatbelt Operation"
    • Alenquer and Torres Vedras - Probation for Domestic Violence
    • Monção  - Spanish Fugitive arrested in Portugal
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Police detain 222 persons
    • Madeira PSP arrests for multiple burglaries from residences in Cascais
    • Safe Communities Portugal stand 43 - AlgarveExpo - Vilamoura - 17th - 18th September
    • Elderly man rescued by GNR in the Serra do Geres
    • PSP arrests for multiple burglaries from residences in Cascais
    • Sintra – PSP arrests three for drug trafficking
    • Person with apparent psychotic disorder arrested for starting a fire in Pinhel, Douro
    • Judicial Police arrest person for causing a forest fire in Vila Real
    • Beja - Eight arrested on suspicion of robbery and extortion
    • Joint Police Operation Cars (JPO Cars)
    • Quarteria - Bank Robbery
    • New initiative launched to enhance public safety awareness
    • 20 people were trapped in Lugar da Várze – evacuations taking place due to forest fires
    • Near miss caused by drone at Lisbon Airport
  • ► August
    • Porto - One person dead, two police injured following a theft.
    • Person arrested for aggravated robbery
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Police – hold person for drug possession
    • Thefts reported at campervan park
    • SEF arrests two persons for international drug trafficking at Lisbon airport.
    • PSP LIsbon Metropolitan Command mount 221 operations and arrest 187
    • GNR arrest five persons for theft of car radiators
    • GNR activities against water, air and soil pollution
    • GNR Operation Activity 19th - 25th August
    • MAFRA "GNR TRAIL" - Families Against Violence
    • GNR rescues 58 migrants in Greece
    • Two people arrested in Cascais for mobile phone theft
    • Madeira Fires - Helping people affected
    • Official calls for the Air Force to be allowed to fight fires
    • GNR inspects over 3 million households and identifies over 20,000 potential fire infringements
    • Madeira Fires cause estimated €55 million on losses
    • Lisbon – 4.3 tons of Bivalves seized
    • Cascais – Four arrested by PSP for train robberies
    • GNR (GIPS) - Fighting forest fires
    • Madeira Fires - Three dead over 160 injured
    • Adverse Weather Alert issued - Public informed by ANPC to take "Extra Care"
    • Woman arrested for drug trafficking
    • Évora – Person in custody for drug trafficking
    • Judicial police detained robbery suspect at gunpoint
    • Counterfeit banknote found in returned hire car
    •  Tobacco stolen in Ambush in Portalegre
    • UK - Online child sex abuse investigation identifies 523 potential victims – 30 million images seized
    • Flight to Lisbon makes emergency landing
    • Lisbon - Woman in wheel chair arrested for drug trafficking
    • Lisbon - Woman arrested in wheel chair for drug trafficking
    • Counterfeit banknote found in returned hire car
    • Counterfeit banknote found in returned hire car
    •  Tobacco stolen in Ambush in Portalegre
    • 211 Terrorist Incidents in the EU in 2015
  • ► July
    • PSP Lisbon – Arrest three persons and seize cocaine, hashish and ecstasy
    • Alenquer – person arrested by GNR for drug trafficking
    • PSP Sintra arrest four men for Robbery and illegal possession of a Firearm
    • Search Resumes for British national who fell from boat in River Tagus - Lisbon
  • ► May
    • PSP Best Quality Control Process
    • EU RERENDUM
  • ► April
    • PSP Lisbon arrest 10 people and dismantle drug trafficking network
    • It’s seller beware as eBay’s buyer guarantee is exploited by scammers
    • SEF executes judicial arrest warrant in Madeira
    • Operation Achilles" - Judicial police arrested fifteen people for corruption and money laundering
    • Lisbon - Judicial Police arrest armed robber
    • Judicial police completes investigation into computer fraud and counterfeiting of credit card security measures
    • Grândola – GNR SEPNA Seize 55 dogs subjected to abuse and neglect
  • ► March
    • GNR to be deployed in Operation FRONTEX "Poseidon 2016," in Kos Island - Greece
    • Distraction theft – Coffee shop/restaurant terraces
    • Lisbon Metropolitan PSP Celebrates its 149th Anniversary
    • Former Islamic extremist arrested on suspicion of £1m eBay scam
    • Sintra – Person arrested for car theft and drug trafficking
  • ► February
    • Who Rescues Injured Animals - Especially at night time?
    • PSP - "Operation Click on Security" - Results
    • Reports of Dating Violence Increase by 8%
    • PSP detain 23 persons for drug trafficking in major operation
    • SEF detains person wanted by Lithuanian authorities
    • Rain, snow, wind and high sea alerts - Issued by the National Civil Protection Authority ANPC
    • Extradition latest - Paramjeet Singh arrested on 18th December in a hotel in the Algarve.
    • New initiatives aimed at tackling Cybercrime announced at Cascais Cybercrime Seminar
    • PSP Launch Operation “Click Safety” – Safe use of Internet and Social Media for the Young.
  • ► January
    • Lisbon - Italian tourist lured to remote site and robbed
    • Portugal improves its position in latest Corruption Perception Index
    • Animal Cruelty Prevention Seminar
    • PSP Radar speed checks
    • Portuguese Maritime Police save 45 Syrian Refugees in hazardous conditions
    • Person caught selling hashish to students
    • Cascais - Cybercrime Seminar for Businesses and Residents
    • New Driving License Points Scheme
    • Judicial police arrest man for child sexual abuse
    • ANPC Alert - Worsening of Weather Conditions
    • Ribeira Grande, Azores - PSP holds robbery suspect with weapon 
    • Portuguese Maritime Police rescue 1180 migrants in Aegean Sea
    • Retired PSP agent killed during armed robbery in Lisbon
    • PSP Radar speed checks for January 2016
    • One in three drivers killed in road accidents are as a result of drink driving
• ► 2015
  • ► December
    • President Safe Communities Portugal awarded BEM in Queen's New Years Honours List 2016
    • Two persons arrested for series of robberies
    • Two persons arrested for planning New Years Eve terrorist attacks in Brussels
    • PSP Operational results and reinforcement of security over the next hours.
    • EU must respond to challenges on Border Security and integration of refugees
    • More than 500 arrested in INTERPOL operation targeting phone and email scams
    • GNR Operation Safe Trade
    • Safe Communities Portugal signs national protocols with SEF and the ANPC
    • Person arrested in UK for arranging fraudulent acquisition of Portuguese nationality
    • More than 540 000 migrants have arrived on the Greek islands in the first ten months of the year
  • ► November
    • Location of PSP road side radar speed checks for November 2015
    • Spanish police arrest 81 persons in connection paedophilia network
  • ► October
    • Judicial Police free kidnap victim and arrest three persons
    • PSP officer given award by UN Secretary General
    • PSP Radar speed checks 26th - 30th October
    • Around one in five thefts at Lisbon Airport result in identification of the suspect.
    • ASAE seizes 6600 wooden panels for non-compliance with legal requirements.
    • Person who swallowed cocaine packets dies on Lisbon - Dublin flight
    • Judicial Police seize 5 kgs of cocaine at Lisbon airport
    • Leaked document shows UN agency in charge of drug war wants world to decriminalise all drugs
    • Twenty Tonnes of Cannabis Resin seized during international police operation
    • Congress calls for reduction of speed limit to 30 kph in urban centres
    • French fighter intercepts Monarch flight from Madeira to Birmingham
    • Judicial police makes arrests for sexual abuse of a child
    • PSP Lisbon Metropolitan Police Command make largest ever seizure of Heroin
    • Spanish Police arrest 89 people for trafficking in Human Beings
    • Fake Online Travel Agency selling plane tickets dismantled.
    • Joint International Operation by France and Portugal leads to arrest of 69 persons involved in irregular migration
    • Foreign drivers face ban in France under “virtual licences” safety scheme
    • PSP Radar speed check locations - October
    • 29 fake on line drugs detected
    • Braga - Boy aged 9 years in critical condition after being shot playing "cops and robbers"
    • Judicial police arrested four foreign nationals suspected of being part of a criminal cocaine trafficking network
    • 1-31st October: Fighting Forest Fires - Special Device Delta phase - DECIF 2015.
    • SEF and French Authorities arrest six persons for trafficking of illegal immigrants
    • 13 000 drivers arrested so far this year for drink driving
    • Burning of Rubbish and Fire PreventionLaws
  • ► September
    • Dealing with Intruders and the use of Force
    • GNR Operation Verão Seguro
    • GNR - Operation Safe Summer Results
    • Judicial Police arrest person for starting three fires
    • Lisbon - PSP Agent stabbed whilst arresting a Pickpocket
    • ASAE seizes nine tons of meat and fish
    • GNR finds an arsenal of nearly 100 weapons in Ansiães in Bragança
    • Aveiro - Six Drug Traffickers held in detention
    • Judicial Police issue over criminal activities known as "SEXTORTION"
    • Joint operation of the Judicial Police and Spanish Police results in the arrest of 15 persons and seizure of 1.9 tons of cocaine.
    • Four deaths due to drowning at sea this year
  • ► August
    • A PSP agent, his son and a GNR Guarda killed by an elderly man in Sesimbra, Setubal
    • Greatest cause of accidents involving children in Portugal through falling
    • Twenty persons indicted for human trafficking and criminal association
    • Ashley Madison – Location of users in the Algarve published.
    • Arsonist responsible for at least forest fires arrested.
    • Ashley Madison Hackers post data base online
    • Judicial Police seize 327 kgs of cocaine and arrest five persons.
    • GNR Sintra - Person detained for theft of water meters.
    • Spanish Police detain five people for fraud in respect of the renting of luxury villas in Marbella
    • 9th August – Worst day for fires so far this year
    • Fire-fighting helicopter makes emergency landing avoiding major disaster
    • Weather situation and Fire Risk
    • ANPC and Safe Communities Portugal join forces in preventing forest fires
    • Scam tricks Facebook users into hacking themselves
    • Judicial Police arrest five men and seize 491 kgs of Cocaine in massive drugs operation
    • Two arrested for importing 9.5 kgs of Cocaine by air
    • Driver recorded at 243km/h during GNR road road racing operation
    • Eight foreign drug traffickers sentenced following Cocaine Seizure in 2014
    • SEF Inspectors Union Suspends Strike Action
  • ► July
    • Four arrested for the the rape and sexual abuse of two tourists.
    • PSP Operation to counter Road Fatalities
    • 180 people serving sentences at home with electronic monitoring
    • SEF detains foreigner in possession of forged Greek ID
    • Lisbon Airport - Person arrested for drug trafficking
    • Police find stolen USB stick holding personal data of 13,000 Barclays Bank customers
    • GNR - Enforcement Action against Mistreatment of Pets
    • One in 10 people take selfies whilst driving a UK poll has revealed
    • PSP – Arrests increase in the first half of 2015
    • Safe Communities Portugal forms partnership with community security project Azeitão+Seguro.
    • PSP - Operation Safe Summer 2015 - More than 1,300 ARRESTS
    • Porto - Thirteen detained for Drug Trafficking
    • Foreign criminals face new crackdown as new UK visa rules demand police checks
    • Spanish Police Dismantle "Pyramid Selling" Network responsible for defrauding 50,000 people world wide
    • GNR Operation Hermes Phase 2 - Road Safety
    • GNR hero saves 61 year old from drowning
    • PSP Private Security - Payment of Licensing Fees Changes
    • Spanish Police dismantel major Telecommunications Fraud Network
    • Judicial Police Arrest 11 Persons for Series of Armed Robberies
    • Two persons arrested by Judicial Police for around 30 Armed Robberies
    • Fourteen Arrested in an Investigation involving Private Security Companies
    • Large increase in migrants detected at Europe's External Borders
    • Person Convicted for slanderous denunciation and defamation 
  • ► June
    • SEF - Smart Borders: A project with a future
    • Portuguese Government approves a National Strategy for Combatting Terrorism
    • PSP agent in Critical Condition following assault by a gang
    • Seminar Challenges in Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
    • SEF - Provisional detention of suspects of citizenship Fraud
    • SEF - Smart Borders: a project with a Future
    • 533 Reports of Ticket Fraud relating to Gigs, Concerts and Sporting Events received
    • Person to be prosecuted for making false allegations of corruption against GNR on Facebook
    • Judicial Police arrest three persons for drug trafficking across Spanish Border
    • Portugal's First National Crime Prevention Website launched
    • World Economic Forum (WEF) rates Portugal highly in terms of Safety and Security
    • GNR dismantle a Romanian criminal network 
    • Judicial police carries the largest seizure of cocaine ever in the Azores and holds five men – street value around Euros 300 million
  • ► May
    • President of SEF inspectors association casts doubt on SEF's future
    • Large Chinese Money Laundering network dismantled
    • Person arrested for sixteen armed bank robberies
    • Lisbon Airport - Two persons detained carrying (equivalent) 6 million Euros in cash in suitcases
    • Public Statement by PSP Police concerning football violence at Guimarães and Lisbon
    • An eight-year-old boy smuggled into Spain from Morocco inside a suitcase
    • Local Lodging Seminar a Success
    • Sintra – Four arrested for drug trafficking
    • Police dismantle criminal group laundering money in Europe and USA
    • Interpol issues Global Warrants on 100 corrupt Chinese officials
  • ► April
    • Criminal Skimming Gang using Ghost Payment Terminals, dismantled in France
• ► 2014
  • ► December
    • GNR Operational activities - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
    • Armed hotel robbery in Albufeira
    • PSP arrest four persons for drug trafficking in Olhao
    • GNR Almancil arrest a person for burglary
    • Former Hong Kong Deputy Leader an a Property Tycoon jailed for corruption
    • SEF apprehends foreigner who had escaped from Prison in 2007
    • Nine arrested and 90 kgs of Cocaine seized at Lisbon airport
    • Minister of Internal Affairs visits GNR Headquarters
    • Operation "TIPSOL" ' GNR Drink Drive operation
    • Pair sentenced for series of robberies in Albufeira
    • Robbery at Euromillions lottery kiosk in Quarteira
    • Person arrested for diesel theft in Lagos
    • PSP arrest two drug traffickers in Olhao
    • Man arrested in Olhao for attempted theft
    • DCI Nicola Wall takes over UK investigation in Madeline McCann disappearance
    • Portugal ranked 31st out of 175 countries in Transparency International's 2014 Corruption Perception Index
    • 292 Internet Domain names seized for selling counterfeit products
  • ► November
    • Eleven arrested and 20 tons of hashish seized in joint operation between Judicial Police, tax agency Spanish National Police
    • GNR Almancil arrest person for pickpocketing
    • Tavira - GNR arrest person for drug trafficking
    • Socrates charged and remanded in prison custody
    • Judicial Police in Portimão arrest person for attempted murder,
    • PSP Operation “ARMEX II” results in arrest of 46 persons and seizures of weapons and explosives.
    • Russian website capturing images from security video cameras in Portugal properties
    • England and Wales police failing to record more than 800,000 offences
    • Earlier warnings on Golden Visa corruption ignored
    • Lisbon - Person arrested for international drug trafficking - 46 kgs cocaine seized
    • National Director of SEF and 10 others detained in "Golden Visa" corruption investigation
    • GNR - "Alcohol and Drugs in the School Community" Seminar
    • Lagos - Foreigner arrested by PSP following a theft from vehicle.
    • Albufeira - person accused of 27 robberies of women and tourists in court
    • Global Action against "Dark Markets" on TOR hidden websites.
    • Judicial Police seize 2000 kgs of hashish and detain five for drug trafficking
    • Judicial police arrest suspect for robbery resulting in death of victim
    • GNR Almancil arrest person for drug trafficking
    • Judicial police arrest foreigner for drug trafficking
    • GNR Operation "Agrisegur"
    • Joint Police Operation dismantels major drug network - 20 arrests
    • Drug traffickers sentenced in Loule court
  • ► October
    • "Beret Gang" (gang das boinas) arrested by GNR Faro
    • Spanish Police arrest over 50 persons in government involved corruption case
    • Search of Sir Cliff Richard's home - Report of the Home affairs Select Committee
    • South Yorkshire Police described as “inept” in leaking Sir Cliff Richard search details
    • 7th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Velsen - GNR representation
    • PSP celebrates it's 86th Anniversary with PSP Symphonic Band performance in Faro
    • 69th Aniverssary of the Judicial Police
    • Judicial Police arrest two men, seize 600 kg of cocaine on sail boat off Sagres
    • Latest England Wales Crime survey figures published October 2014 – Overall crime down 16% - sexual offences up 21%
    • The National Police arrested a man in Córdoba, Spain for corruption of minors and possession and distribution of child pornography – up to 10,000 victims could be involved
    • PSP Agent Graduation Ceremony
    • Judicial police arrested foreigner in Lagos area for drug trafficking
    • GNR Faro arrest person for trafficking in cannabis flowers
    • Judicial Police break up major currency counterfeiting group in northern Portugal
    • Explicit images believed sent through Snapchat put online, with threats from hackers to upload more
    • Man arrested for rape - Municipality of Loulé.
    • Spain - Dog death sparks furor in Ebola case
    • Portuguese authorities refuse plane transporting Ebola carrier to land
    • Gang behind heroin distribution in Canary Islands and Portugal dismantled
    • Judicial Police arrest head of International Prostitution Ring in Boliqueime, Algarve
  • ► September
    • Loulé - Four detained for drug trafficking
    • Castro Marim – Four detained on suspicion of robbery and theft
    • Albufeira - British national arrested in connection with thefts in hotels
    • Foreigner arrested at Faro airport for possession of prohibited weapons
    • New 10 Euro banknote launched
    • GNR Operation – Senior Security
    • Computer Security Seminars for Algarve Businesses and Residents
    • GNR carry out raid at a residence in Ferreiras, Algarve resulting in seizure of drugs and firearms – Jihadist graffiti allegedly found
    • Arrest of Gang Leader Fabio Cigano
    • Albufeira - GNR arrest two persons for theft after car chase.
    • Police dismantle criminal group stealing high performance vehicles
    • Portugal participates in international police operation delivering a major blow to organized crime groups
    • Computer Security seminars for Algarve Businesses and Residents
    • Nine people arrested and 1300 kgs of cocaine seized in joint Spanish police and Judicial Police operation
    • Toll management company issues fraud warning
    • International Law Enforcement Action Against Fake Medicines
  • ► August
    • Sir Cliff Richard - Home Affairs Committee to interview Police and BBC on 2nd September
    • Albufeira - One dead and another seriously injured in bar incident
    • Sir Cliff - The Right to Privacy
    • Lagos - Tourists apprehended causing damage/graffiti
    • Person in Albufeira night club arrested in possession of firearm
    • Judical Police arrest person for allegedly murdering his father in Messines
    • Person intercepted by Faro Night Guard in possession of drugs and theft
    • The Judicial Police arrest drug trafficker at Faro airport
    • NTERPOL- Operation to put brakes on Stolen Vehicle crime
    • PSP Speed Check Operations - Algarve - August 2014
    • SEF Operation in Olhao aimed at combating the sexual exploration of foreign illegals
    • GNR Operation Baco aimed against those driving under the influence of alcohol and psychotropic substances
    • Judicial Police arrest group of armed robbers
    • Judicial Police arrest foreign national in possession of MDMA, LSD and Hashish
    • GNR Loule arrest person in possession of 3900 doses of heroin in Quarteira
    • On line holiday home booking scams
    • GNR Loulé arrest person for theft from residences - stolen items recovered
    • GNR "Operation Welcome"
  • ► July
    • GNR Albufeira arrest person for drug trafficking and possession of a firearm
    • Judicial Police arrest suspects for the crime of drug trafficking in Olhão, Faro and Loulé.
    • Viseu - SEF detains foreigner for illegal immigration and pimping
    • Spanish law authorities arrest 36 drug traffickers
    • Loulé - GNR arrest three persons for theft and drug trafficking
    • GNR Albufeira arrest a foreign national arrested for over 10 thefts from hotels.
    • Burglary report at Montechoro, Albufeira
    • Quarteira - Report of domestic violence results in arms seizure
    • Alvor - Man arrested by GNR for drug trafficking
    • Unlicensed beach sellers apprehended during operation at Rocha da Baixinha Maccente - Albufeira
    • Unlicensed Security Guard arrested by GNR in Lagos
    • PSP Faro district apprehend four youths for vandalism of over 100 vehicles
    • PSP - Child Safety - Bracelets Scheme
    • The Judicial Police participate in an international smuggling operation resulting in the seizure of 32 million cigarettes and 4 tons of tobacco
    • Lagos - Three foreigners arrested by PSP for drug trafficking
    • Eastern Algarve - Judicial Police arrest suspect for the crime of child sexual abuse
    • Europol news - Human trafficking network dismantled in Portugal
    • FCO - British Behaviour Abroad Report 2014
    • Brits arrested for International drug trafficking
    • Quarteira - GNR arrest person for drug trafficking
    • Drug arrests in Monchique
    • Praia da Rocha - Two Norwegians arrested following disturbance
    • Albufeira - Canadian arrested with loaded pistol
    • GNR "Operation Moto"
    • GNR - Help Prevent Fires Message
    • Albufeira - Person arrested for attempting to pass counterfeit currency
    • UK – 660 held in child image crackdown
    • Marmelete, Monchique – Person arrested from drug trafficking
    • 2014 - Decrease in Violent Crime
    • Combined GNR and Spanish police operation results in seizure of 1.5 tons of hashish at border
    • Couple found shot dead in Belverde, Seixal
    • The Judicial Police complete an investigation for corrupt practices related to prescribing complementary therapeutic devices ​​eighty medical defendants
    • Britain follows US in banning powerless electronic devices from flights
    • Global dug use stable says UNODC World Drug Report 2014
    • PSP arrest two persons for residential robberies with use of a firearm.
    • Fraudsters launch mass phishing attack against online dating members
    • One in 10 consumer problems on eBay are scams, says Citizens Advice
    • Castro Marim - Three person caught breaking into a restauant
    • Loulé – GNR arrest two persons for drug trafficking
  • ► June
    • The Judicial Police conduct a major operation to combat trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation
    • The Judicial Police arrest a person a man for money laundering from transnational business.
    • The Judicial Police conduct an operation aimed at the illegal activity of a private security company, and arrest two of its leaders
    • GNR arrest two persons arrested for robbery in Vilamoura
    • GNR Silves arrest person for drug trafficking
    • Action against metal theft puts 271 people behind bars
    • EUROPOL issues alert over theft of catalytic converters from parked cars
    • Albufeira – Quick response by GNR results in the arrest of a burglar
    • Four arrested for swindling the Portuguese Health Service
    • PSP arrest three for Drug Trafficking in Faro
    • Three arrested for Drug Trafficking in Portimão
    • Messines and Silves Wildfire Prevention and Environmental Protection Seminars
    • Telephone fraud to be aware of
    • Navy sailor arrested with 150,000 doses of hashish
    • 5000 civilians to be recruited to PSP and GNR
    • Worldwide alert - Over 60 million in loses through Gameover Zeus malware attacks
    • Albufeira - British woman stabbed - man arrested
    • Messines - Two arrested for copper theft
    • Lagos - Two women arrested for drug trafficking
    • Ferragudo - Two arrested for copper theft
    • Full house at Monchique wildfire prevention seminar
  • ► May
    • Lagos - Two foreigners arrested for drug trafficking
    • Algarve - Safe Summer Police reinforcement programme announced
    • Algerian robbers appear in Loule Court
    • GNR Faro marks World Children's Day - 1st June
    • PSP - Public auction of firearms
    • Spanish National Police dismantled large drug trafficking organization - Portuguese cooperation
    • Monchique Wildfire protection and Environment protection seminar
    • EBay advises users to change their passwords after a cyber-attack compromised its systems.
    • Lagos - Two arrested by GNR for drug trafficking
    • PSP Faro arrest two persons fleeing after a theft
    • Quarteira - Night guard apprehends person for metal theft
    • Arrests in International Voice-Phishing case
    • Almancil - GNR arrest person for drug trafficking
    • GNR Tavira arrest seven persons and seize 2044 kgs of hashish.
    • Two persons arrested for Robbery
    • Portimao - Two persons arrested for drug trafficking.
    • 70 year old former Albuferia teacher arrested for international drug trafficking
    • Person arrested for Robbery in Albufeira restaurant
    • Forthcoming SCA seminars/displays - Forest Fire prevention
    • Pickpocket arrested by GNR in Albufeira
    • Man stabbed in restaurant in Alcantarilha
    • SEF arrest foreigner at Faro airport using a false passportrs
    • GNR Olhao arrest person responsible for burglaries
    • 103 rd Anniversary of the GNR
    • Tourists vote the Algarve a safe destination
  • ► April
    • Judicial Police arrest man for sexual abuse of 14 year old
    • European Police Futsal (football) tournament - Loule
    • Portimão - Person arrested for drug trafficking
    • Inauguration of the new General Commander of the National Guard (GNR)
    • GNR Operation Easter - Results
    • PSP Security Operation Easter 2014 - Final results
    • GNR Operation "Protect Forest"
    • Police in Portugal and Spain conduct joint patrols during Easter period
    • Person arrested by PSP for international drug trafficking
    • Operation by Judicial Police result in arrest of two people for transnational fraud amounting to EUR 2 million
    • Foreigner arrested for robbery to be extradited
    • Lagos - PSP arrest three foreigners for drug trafficking
    • GNR - Easter Safe Driving Operation
    • Almancil - Person arrested for drug trafficking
    • GNR investigation series of burglaries in Ferrerias, Albuferira
    • Judicial police arrest person for Lagoa murder
    • Loulé – Person arrested in connection with 15 burglaries
    • Events coming up - Safe Easter Crime Prevention Displays
    • Loule - Judicial Police arrest person for aggravated fraud
    • UK Metropolitan Police Documents allege police corruption in former Flying Squad
    • Half a million euro heroine drug seizure and fours arrests by PSP in Loures
    • PSP Arrest two persons on suspicion of more than 30 burglaries and scams
    • Albufeira – Person arrested for car jacking
    • Portimão – Person arrested by GNR Silves for drug trafficking
    • Crime in the Algarve lowest since 2001
    • Judicial police arrest seven for qualified tax fraud, corruption, money laundering and receiving crimes
    • Albufeira – GNR arrest two persons for theft of clothing
  • ► March
    • Spanish couple arrested in Loule for drug trafficking
    • Major Judicial Police Operation against Organized Drug Trafficking
    • National GNR Railway Operation results in arrest of drug trafficker in Tunes
    • Vila Real de Santo António - Vessel seized with 500 kgs of hashish on board
    • Lousa - Judicial Police pass robbery cases involving two PSP agents to Public Prosecutor
    • Castro Marim- Youth aged 17 years apprehended for theft of mopeds
    • You've got Cancer hoax email warning
    • PSP Press Release – Stripper wearing PSP uniform - not a police officer
    • Loulé - Person arrested for Possession of illegal weapons and drug trafficking
    • GNR Tavira arrest four in major drug trafficking operation
    • Portimão - Person arrested for drug trafficking
    • Lagoa - Man arrested for drug trafficking
    • Loule - Man arrested for operating illegal scrapyard
    • Portimao - Person arrested for child abuse and possession of weapons
    • SEF and SCA sign Protocol
  • ► February
    • Lagoa - Person arrested for sexual abuse of a minor
    • PSP Faro District -Sign language training in English and German for PSP officers
    • Two arrested in Vila do Bispo for cannabis cultivation
    • Robbery at Finances Department Office Loulé by masked men
    • Portimão - Persons arrested for burglary
    • European Safer Internet Day - 11th February
    • GNR Enforcement operation concerning dangerous dogs
    • Barclays Bank Customer's Details Stolen and Sold
    • Albufeira - Four arrested for drug trafficking
    • Judicial Police arrest person for armed robbery in Albufeira
    • Arrests for Major Drug Trafficking case - Tavira
    • GNR Safe Residence Programme Celebrates its 4th Anniversary
  • ► January
    • PSP Portimão arrest two for theft from properties
    • Woman arrested by GNR Loulé for drug trafficking
    • Gang arrested for over 50 tobacco thefts
    • GNR Vila do Bispo make arrests for metal theft
    • PSP Portimao arrest person for thefts
    • Person arrested in connection with fatal traffic accident
    • Judicial Police arrest man for drug trafficking in Portimão
    • PSP arrest two foreign nationals for using counterfeit bank notes
    • PSP Tavira detain person for possession of prohibited weapon.
    • Wanted British National arrested at Faro Airport.
    • Destruction of Weapons by the PSP
    • Polícia Judiciária arrest taxi driver for shooting a juvenile age 17 in Albufeira
    • PSP dismantle drug trafficking network in Lisbon with arrest of 22 persons
• ► 2013
  • ► October
    • GNR make arrest for an armed carjacking in Faro
    • Person arrested in Loulé for drug trafficking