PJ police lead corruption swoop on Portugal ports
AT customs inspectors suspected of turning blind eye to entry of cocaine shipments PJ judicial police have been carrying out searches today in various ports on suspicion of corruption within
Portuguese, 69, killed trying to intervene in France knife attack
A Portuguese man, aged 69, died this afternoon after purposely putting himself between an Algerian citizen, armed with a knife, and police officers whom he was threatening to attack, in
New altercation involving ‘large knives’ in Rua do Benformoso
It has become increasingly clear that the police operation in Rua do Benformoso, Martim Moniz, before Christmas was rooted in the clear and present danger that citizens run in the
Insolvency administrator charged with swindling cultural association out of millions of euros
Ateneu Cultural Association was over hundred years old An insolvency administrator was arrested today as PJ judicial police carried out an operation to investigate an alleged scheme that damaged the
One of UK’s most wanted sentenced to 12 years following arrest in the Algarve
The suspect, who had been on the run for four years, was one of the top members of a criminal organisation in Wales wanted for drug dealing. Calvin Parris, one
Trial for ‘murder without a body’ set for May
Pregnant mother-of-two Mónica Silva ‘vanished’ in October 2023 The trial for the murder of Mónica Silva, a 33-year-old mother of two from Murtosa, has been scheduled to start on May
Argument in café ends in fatal shooting
An argument in a café in Arões São Romão (in the borough of Fafe) yesterday ended with the fatal shooting of a 36-year-old man. His alleged attacker, a 65-year-old man,
Masked men rob bank in Seixal, escaping with around €200,000 in cash
Three masked men took advantage of the lunch-hour yesterday at Novo Banco, in Casal do Marco, Seixal, to raid the bank, take everyone inside ‘hostage’ while they ‘cleaned out the
Police arrest art forger who has allegedly scooped hundreds of thousands of euros
Seize more than 20 paintings and sketches from Lisbon studio An alleged art forger, who kept his work strictly national – but has reportedly “caused damage to his victims totalling
Dozens of cars vandalised in early hours in Sines
At least 25 private vehicles were vandalised between last night and this morning in the town of Sines – all of them suffering flat tyres. A source from the Santiago