PJ police collaborate in dismantlement of €10 million laundering involving Equatorial Guinea
Investigation began with suspected bribes from work carried out by ‘Portuguese construction company’ Portugal’s PJ judicial police, the Spanish Tax Agency and Europol have dismantled a scheme that is alleged
Rescued from a well last year, arrested for attempted murder this year
Last summer 21-year-old Gonçalo Côto was rescued after four days stuck down a well. This week he is in preventive custody on suspicion of attempted murder – and bizarrelyPJ inspector
Trio scale hotel building in Lisbon “with intention of robbing guests”
Another unconfirmed media story linking foreigners with crime in Portuguese towns and cities Three men are credited with having scaled a wall of Hotel GAT, in Lisbon’s Rossio district, in
Porto ‘food couriers’ rob Rolex from pedestrian in broad daylight
A 59-year-old woman was approached by two men, riding a motorcycle, in one of the “most noble areas of Porto” on Wednesday afternooon. While one remained on the cycle, the
Court extends house arrest of sole suspect in disappearance of pregnant mother
Aveiro court has extended the house arrest of Fernando Valente, the man suspected of having murdered missing mother of two Mónica Silva (seven months pregnant when she ‘disappeared’ without trace
Man arrested for drug dealing in Carvoeiro
GNR police arrested a 26-year-old man on Tuesday (May 7) for drug dealing in Carvoeiro, Lagoa. The man’s “suspicious behaviour” and “nervousness” caught the eye of patrolling GNR officers, who
Parents outraged over eight-year jail sentence for man who stabbed their daughter (who died a week later)
€5,000 compensation dubbed “a pittance” Joana Nascimento’s parents have expressed their outrage over the eight-year sentence handed to their daughter’s ex-boyfriend, who stabbed her twice in the neck in Lagoa
Man who stabbed ex-girlfriend (who later died) in Lagoa handed eight-year jail sentence
Judge took into account that death “was not directly caused by the knife attack” A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend, who died around one week later due to an
17-year-old Portuguese computer ‘nerd’ suspected of ‘ordering’ school massacres
Remanded in custody; shows “total indifference” over alleged crimes A 17-year-old Portuguese youth arrested by PJ police last week is believed to be the “online mentor” of a group of
Egyptian jeweller, wanted in Cairo over alleged €1.8 million fraud, arrested in Lisbon
An Egyptian jeweller described as ‘on the run from Cairo due to a fraud involving 32 kilos of gold’ has been ‘run to ground’ in Lisbon on the back of