PJ arrests 13 in swoop on suspicions of illegal immigration, corruption, money laundering
Thirteen arrested including Ministry of Foreign Affairs employee Portugalâs PJ Judicial Police have announced today the dismantlement of an alleged organised criminal group dedicated to the repeated practice of crimes
Appeal court judges confirm 10-year jail term for corruption of former minister of economy
Manuel Pinhoâs lawyer has written a book focusing on his clientâs innocence⊠Lisbon Appeal Court judges today have confirmed the 10-year prison sentence delivered to former economy minister Manuel Pinho
PJâs prison corruption swoop uncovers âclandestine drug production laboratoryâÂ
Flat in Lisbon âfunctioned exclusively as laboratoryâ PJ judicial police have dismantled a clandestine drug production laboratory operating out of a flat in Lisbon. The discovery came during the operation
Prison guards among those arrested in police operation targeting seven prisons
Operation Black Market investigates âalleged criminal projectâ Thirteen people, two of them prison guards, have been arrested as part of a police operation in seven prisons today. At issue are
Justice minister âexpects immediate resignationsâ from officials cited in PJ corruption swoop
Searches under âOperation Pactumâ culminate with 43 âofficial suspectsâ Justice minister Rita JĂșdice, initially taken by surprise by the PJ swoop on public entities yesterday, has since said that she
PJ police lead searches on Bank of Portugal, other public entities
Mega-operation hones in on suspicions of corruption, abuse of power, computer fraud Portugalâs criminal police, the PJ, are carrying out a mega-operation of searches today at the Bank of Portugal,
Searches in Portugal on suspicions of corruption in European Parliament
Suspicions centre on alleged corruption scheme involving Chinese giant Huawei Breaking news in Portugal today centres on various searches that have been going on, in this country and elsewhere, into
Ports workers arrested for âsuspicions of corruptionâ all released
âSuspect customs officials can stay in their jobsâ – judicial source After all the flurry of news earlier this week, it transpires that the ports / customs workers arrested on
Deputy mayor stays put after being cited in corruption investigation
Paulo Ferreira, deputy mayor of Valongo borough council, is staying at his post in spite of being made an official suspect in a corruption investigation involving a property developer and
Government moves to stem Portugalâs miserable rating on corruption
Justice minister says sweeping changes to be created by Council of Ministers later today Following Portugalâs embarrassment at being ranked in terms of corruption alongside African countries of Botswana and