Transvestite socialite formally accused of domestic violence against 95-year-old former wife
The long-drawn out saga of José Castelo Branco and his much older ‘heiress’ wife Betty Grafstein has moved to the stage where public prosecutors have formally accused the transvestite socialite
Police identify nine most common phone scams, urging population “don’t fall for them”
Be suspicious in any situation of ‘urgency’ The nine most commonly used telephone scam methods were identified by Portugal’s PSP police in a communiqué today, alerting people to frauds that
Young man confesses stabbing stepfather to death in Almada
Hands himself in to PSP, claiming defence of his mother A 24-year-old man handed himself into authorities late last night after allegedly stabbing his stepfather to death, in Almada. The
PJ police recapture second fugitive from September prison break
Both recaptured prisoners are Portuguese Portugal’s Polícia Judiciaria (PJ) have recaptured a second ‘prisoner-on-the-run’ following September’s hugely embarrassing mass jailbreak. The second man – the only other Portuguese fugitive from
Four arrested for drug trafficking in Olhão
PSP police have announced the arrest of four men, aged between 28 and 47, on suspicion of drug trafficking in Olhão on Monday (November 18). Searches yielded 117 hashish doses,
PSP agents implicated in Colombian trafficking gang “still in service”
Agents among 25 official suspects following ‘mega’ operation across Iberian Peninsula Two PSP agents attached to Beja Command are said to be among 25 people arrested in a mega operation
Third man condemned to long jail term for fatal attack on young PSP agent
A third man is starting a lengthy jail term for his part in the fatal attack on young PSP agent Fábio Guerra outside a Lisbon nightspot in March 2022. Clóvis
Man caught with over 600 doses of hashish in Vilamoura
GNR police arrested a 22-year-old man who was found with over 600 doses of hashish in his possession during a traffic stop operation in Vilamoura on Friday (November 15). The
‘Largest’ human trafficking trial in Portugal gets underway
18 people plus company in dock Eighteen people and a company have begun their trial at the Beja Court, accused of criminal association and the trafficking in human beings (among
Magistrate shoots suspect following surveillance operation in Valença
Public prosecutor’s office opens inquiry A magistrate with the public prosecutor’s office is understood to have shot a man suspected of trying to rob a jewellery store in Valença last