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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Police are targets of operation for suspected smuggling of cell phones to inmates in prison in MT

At least six people, including two prison officers, are being investigated for allegedly smuggling cell phones into a prison in Várzea Grande, Brazil, leading to a police operation.

Feb 27 • 14:15 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

The Summer of the Cat Man

The article reflects on the unique experience at a performance by Argentine choreographer Ana María Stekelman, marking the opening of the Ballet Contemporáneo season, where the audience remained entirely distraction-free from cellphones, culminating in a distinctive sound during applause.

Feb 19 • 03:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Court orders couple arrested for cellphone theft during Florianópolis carnival to return home to RS

A couple arrested for stealing 16 cellphones during the Florianópolis carnival has been ordered by the court to return to their home in Rio Grande do Sul.

Feb 16 • 16:32 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Dressed as Scooby-Doo characters, police arrest suspects in cellphone theft in downtown SP

Police disguised as Scooby-Doo characters arrested three suspects for stealing cellphones during a Carnival block in downtown São Paulo.

Feb 14 • 22:15 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Operation arrests two suspects of using store to supply mobiles to faction in prisons of MT

Brazilian police arrested two individuals suspected of using a cellphone store as a front for supplying mobile phones to a criminal faction operating in prisons.

Feb 12 • 11:58 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

With cellphone, college looks like high school, with student unfocused and teacher begging for attention

A professor at a leading Brazilian college struggled to maintain students' attention during class as they were preoccupied with their cellphones.

Feb 8 • 13:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Brazilian medical student in Paraguay arrested for the second time in a week transporting over 100 irregular cellphones in PR

A Brazilian medical student in Paraguay was arrested for the second time in a week for transporting 151 cellphones without proof of proper importation.

Feb 5 • 14:45 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Ex-congressional IT aide accused of stealing 240 government phones and selling them at pawn shop

A former congressional IT aide is accused of stealing 240 taxpayer-funded cellphones valued at over $150,000 and selling them at a pawn shop in Maryland.

Jan 13 • 00:15 UTC

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