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Experts warn that the influx of military-grade weapons is reconfiguring transnational crime networks in Portugal, escalating violence, altering criminal tactics and command structures, and amplifying threats to public safety—requiring urgent adaptation by law enforcement, policy and cross-border cooperation.
A man wanted by German authorities for assaulting and raping a woman on three occasions in 2023 has been detained by Portugal’s Judicial Police in Porto. He will be presented to the Porto Court of Appeal as Portuguese authorities consider the German request and possible extradition; under the charges he could face up to 15 years’ imprisonment. The arrest underscores cross‑border cooperation in serious sexual‑violence cases and the next legal steps will determine whether he is surrendered to Germany or prosecuted in Portugal.
The suggestion was made over the weekend by presidential candidate António José Seguro. Also, a woman dies after being shot in Lisbon.
The alert was raised at around 5am when the woman was found on the ground in a car park next to Avenida de Ceuta.
Paulo Dias, a security specialist, analyses the growth of groups such as 1143, dismantled this week by the Judicial Police (PJ).
The alert was raised at 20:45.
Violent and serious crimes fell by 2.6% between January and November 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, while overall crime rose by 2.1%, the Minister of Internal Administration revealed today, expressing concern about the cities.
The Minister of Internal Administration said overall crime rose by 2.1% between January and November 2025. Over the same period, compared with 2024, violent and serious offences fell.
Official figures show a 2.6 per cent decrease in violent and serious crimes recorded during the period from January to November 2025.
All the suspect's movements were monitored. He was apprehended by the PSP (Portuguese Public Security Police) four kilometres from the scene where he stabbed the victim in the neck.
The crime follows five criminal complaints for threats and assaults filed by clients of Marco Sequeira’s office against the suspect. The Public Prosecutor’s Office was warned of the imminent danger but ignored the risk.
Shots that injured two young people were fired from a moving vehicle. Authorities will use cameras in the Casal da Boba neighbourhood to try to identify the shooters.
Shots that injured two young people were fired from a moving vehicle.
The two officers are 21 and 24 years old. 'The use of a baton to sodomise is reported' in a 'situation in which the handle of a broom was also used.' Homeless people are among the victims.
34-year-old woman detained by the PSP.
The two young women are charged with aggravated homicide, aggravated theft and possession of a prohibited weapon, offences allegedly committed against a young man in Alverca do Ribatejo.
A Portuguese national planned the attacks over three years.
The man turned himself in to the PJ (Judicial Police) in Vila Real on Friday.
In the early hours of Sunday, the PSP were called to Camarate following public disorder and the running over of a man who was left in serious condition. The suspect handed himself in on Monday.
The killer, sentenced to 23 years in prison, has been on the run for six months. The Polícia Judiciária (PJ) suspects she planned the escape well in advance and believes the young woman continues to receive support.
Lucinete Freitas's husband is desperate. She worked as a nanny in Amadora and was murdered by her employer.
The assailant who injured a young man in Lisbon realised he had been filmed. Investigators caught him.
A man who stabbed an employee at a mobile phone shop in the Campolide area of Lisbon has been arrested and will remain remanded in custody while investigations and legal proceedings continue.
