Tag: robbery
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of Rio’s most-wanted armed criminals, Humberto dos Santos, better known as Beto Playboy, has been arrested by police in the Morro do Adeus area, part of the Complexo...
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – São Paulo is experiencing a wave of violent crime, according to government data released Wednesday, with increased incidence of murders, robberies and rape in the first six months of the year. There...
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police officers led by an agent from Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) landed two armored police helicopters on Copacabana Beach in Rio’s Zona Sul (South Zone) on Wednesday morning, much to the...
Opinion, by Michael D. Kerlin
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Corcovado Mountain and its foothills just can’t win when it comes to security, but everyone risks rushing too fast to respond to a series of crises on the iconic, jungled...
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The five-star Hotel Santa Teresa was the target of a planned robbery in the early morning of Monday, July 18th, when four armed bandits scaled an exterior wall and...
