Rural Fire at Tojeiro, Marmelete, Monchique
17th – 19th July 2021
The full coverage of the fire through periodic situation reports can be down loaded from the Major Incident page for the Fire here.
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- ► April
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- 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
- ► 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
- ► December
- ►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
- ► December
- ►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
- ► December
- ►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
- ► December
- ►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
- ► May
- ► 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
- ► December
- ►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
- ► 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
- ► December
- ►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
- ► December
- ►2013