Half-body discovered in Lisbon’s Lapa district ‘identified’
The mutilated ‘half body’ of a man discovered in Lisbon’s Lapa district in the early hours of Monday morning has been identified. The remains are those of a foreign man*,
Azores double murderer, and wife, face jail terms and subsequent ‘banishment’
Tomislav Jozic to serve 25 years; wife 3 years 10 months The court of São Roque on the island of Pico, in the Azores, delivered the maximum jail terms (of
Hairdresser to Portugal’s ‘famous’ condemned to seven years jail for tax fraud
Inês Pereira’s entire family face same conviction Inês Pereira, the well-known hairdresser of ‘various public figures’, was condemned to seven years jail yesterday for fiscal fraud and money laundering. At
Convicted rapist arrested in Loulé after 10 years on the run
Man escaped house arrest and evaded authorities for nearly one decade PJ police have announced the arrest in Loulé of a 46-year-old man convicted of rape who had been on
Israeli criminal group routed in Operation Ozark
PJ police take part in Europe-wide swoop Fifteen people have been arrested in a Europe-wide operation targeting an Israeli criminal group, which may well have operated in Portugal. PJ police
Searches underway for top half of body dumped in rubbish bin
Lower half of body discovered by bin collection workers in Lisbon The search is on today for the ‘missing’ top half of a body, discovered dumped in a rubbish bin
Young offenders held in remand centres highest since 2022
The number of young offenders interned in remand centres in Portugal has reached its highest figure since 2022, totalling 136, most of them aged between 15 and 17, according to
“Dangerous Canadian trafficker” arrested in Lisbon hotel
Roobens Denis, 31: ‘right-hand of boss of Blood Mafia Family’ The purported ‘right hand’ of the boss of a Quebec cocaine trafficking gang in a bloody war with Hells Angels
Former banker’s eight year jail term ‘confirmed’ – but unlikely to be enforced
Judges open door to sentence ‘suspension’ due to Alzheimer’s The agonising saga of whether or not former BES banking president Ricardo Salgado should go to jail for his crimes –
Madeira deviant killer priest defrocked after 31 years
Pope Francis has decreed the defrocking of Father Frederico Cunha, who in 1993 was sentenced in Madeira to 13 years in prison for the murder and sexual abuse of a