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Brazil assassination plot targeted in massive police raid

Federal police raided locations in several states to crack down on a crime gang accused of plotting assassinations and kidnappings of public officials including a former judge who presided over Brazil’s biggest corruption case

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When Switzerland Was the Location of Choice for Chinese Espionage

In the 1960s, Switzerland stood at the center of a global Chinese espionage network. Many Taiwanese diplomats could be blackmailed into collaboration because they had relatives living in China.

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Brazil police target illegal gold exports from the Amazon

Brazil’s Federal Police are carrying out a court order to seize more than $384 million related to about 13 tons of gold mined illegally in the Amazon rainforest, then exported through an unnamed U.S.-based company

The Independent UK

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Germany Stabbing: Two dead and five injured after man stabs people on train

Two people were killed when a man stabbed a number of people on a train in northern Germany on Wednesday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Brazil steps up pressure on Bolsonaro with probe, minister’s arrest

Brazilian authorities are increasing the pressure on Jair Bolsonaro with a probe into the former president’s role in riots that upended the nation’s capital on Jan. 8 and the arrest of his Justice Minister Anderson Torres by federal police.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro’s former minister arrested in probe over capital riots

Former President Jair Bolsonaro’s Justice Minister Anderson Torres was arrested by Brazilian federal police amid an investigation into his involvement in riots that upended the nation’s capital on Jan. 8.

Tribune News Service

Brazil arrests four people for alleged coup attempt in Bolsonaro riots

Brazilian police said they had arrested at least four people and carried out nationwide raids on Thursday in investigations into an alleged coup attempt during riots by supporters of defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

Reuters

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Brazil police serve search warrants over-Bolsonaro protests

Brazil’s Federal Police have begun serving dozens of search warrants targeting supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro for blocking highways after his election loss

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro supporters clash with police in Brazil's capital

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police, setting fire to several vehicles and allegedly attempting to invade the federal police’s headquarters in capital city Brasilia

The Independent UK

Supporters of Brazil's defeated Bolsonaro attack police headquarters

Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in the capital Brasilia, in a flash of post-election violence on the day the president's electoral defeat was certified.

Reuters

Indigenous group denounces release of suspect in Amazon murder of British journalist, expert

An indigenous group from the area of the Amazon rainforest where British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in June on Thursday deplored the release of one of the suspects in the killing.

Reuters

Lula wants new Brazil police unit to tackle environmental crimes

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's incoming administration aims to create a new Federal Police unit focused on environmental crimes, the transition team's public security chief told Reuters.

Reuters

Brazil's federal police to be stretched by budget cuts, says official

Brazil's federal police could see essential services, including Amazon rainforest protection, impacted by a budget shortfall into 2023, said a senator-elect and senior aide to the president-elect on Wednesday.

Reuters

Brazil Federal Police raid FGV think-tank amid fraud, graft probe

Brazil's Federal Police on Thursday carried out search warrants in the Rio de Janeiro headquarters of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) as part of a probe into alleged fraud, graft and money laundering in the globally respected think tank.

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What do we know about REvil, the Russian ransomware gang likely behind the Medibank cyber attack?

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Friday confirmed police believe the criminal group behind the recent Medibank cyber attack is from Russia. Kershaw said their intelligence points to a

AAP

Record threats against MPs during election

A dedicated federal police taskforce set up to protect candidates during the federal election assessed a record number of threats.

Reuters

Analysis-Police showdown with Bolsonaro ally amplifies Brazil election violence fears

A violent showdown between an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro and police over the weekend is stirring an already febrile election campaign in Brazil, as deep political polarization bubbles over just days before a tense runoff vote.

The Independent UK

Brazil polls facing Bolsonaro backlash after election miss

Brazilian polling companies have been facing threats of a crackdown after their surveys for the presidential election’s first round significantly understated the vote for the president and his allies

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The Independent UK

Fortunes reverse for ex-judge and Brazil president he jailed

When federal judge Sergio Moro resigned to enter politics, many in Brazil believed the anti-corruption crusader who jailed a popular former president could someday occupy the nation’s most powerful office

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The insidious take-over of Mexico’s police

Disorganised attempts to improve policing in Mexico have led to the slow creep of the army and skyrocketing murder rates.

Reuters

Cops on Brazil's campaign trail call for backup as violence spikes

The day after a Workers Party (PT) official was shot dead by a supporter of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in July, the Federal Police guarding his leftist campaign rival sent a classified memo to senior colleagues across Brazil.

Reuters

Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves

In August last year, Brazilian farmer Reinaldo Huijsmans reported a break-in at his house in the town of Maracaju, where thieves stole six legally registered weapons, including a T4 Taurus assault rifle.

Reuters

Ex-Federal Police detectives criticize Brazil's 'authoritarian and illegal' Supreme Court

A group of retired Federal Police detectives has released a statement accusing members of Brazil's Supreme Court of using the force to take what they called "authoritarian and illegal measures".

The Independent UK

Report: Brazil authorities turn blind eye to deforestation

Illegal loggers have destroyed some 18,500 square kilometers (7,100 square miles) of public forests over the past six years in the Brazilian Amazon

The Independent UK

Brazil: police arrest 3rd suspect in Amazon deaths

Brazil’s federal police said Saturday that a third suspect in the deaths of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira has been arrested

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