Rio de Janeiro – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation gave Brazil the tip that led to arrests this week of 11 suspected militants who had discussed a possible attack on the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, according to a Brazilian prosecutor.
Al-Qaida-influenced terrorists have issued directives to “lone wolf” attackers to carry out attacks against the Israeli Olympic delegation at the upcoming Rio Olympics, The TOT News reported Thursday.
Experts are questioning a recent pledge of allegiance to ISIS by a purported group of extremists in Brazil in what may be an attempt to rattle the international community before the Rio Olympics.
SÃO PAULO—Brazilian federal police on Thursday arrested a former high-ranking member of the administration of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on suspicion of taking bribes in an offshoot of the massive corruption scandal linked to the national oil company. He hasn’t been formally charged.
A 20-year-old man wearing a kippah, faking a foreign accent and pretending to be Jewish is accused of several burglaries in a heavily Jewish neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The popular WhatsApp messaging service is not working in Brazil, apparently as a result of an ongoing judicial battle.
At a function in São Paulo recently a guest asked for an informal introduction to one of the businessmen present, Joseph Safra. “Sorry,” came the reply. “He won’t meet journalists, even informally.”
Brazilian prosecutors have filed corruption charges against billionaire Joseph Safra, said by Fortune magazine to be the world’s richest banker, and five others for involvement in an alleged scheme to pay off government tax auditors.
A Brazilian street robber ended up pleading for mercy from the woman he tried to hold up – after she took him down in a jiu-jitsu move then held him in a leg grip until the police arrived.
An Israeli businessman in Brazil was killed last week as he tried to resist a pair of robbers.