PJ in international operation dismantling multi-million euro trafficking network
Network âhas brought several thousand people to Europe/ the UK/ USAâ Portugalâs PJ police have taken part in an international operation that has succeeded in dismantling yet another criminal network
‘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
Gondomar couple arrested for international child trafficking
Investigations continue to try and discover real parents of coupleâs ânon-relatedâ baby PJ police have arrested a couple in their 40s, living in Gondomar, on suspicion of international child trafficking.
28 arrested in mega operation against human trafficking in Alentejo
Immigrants were kept living in a regime of “semi-slavery” A mega operation against human trafficking headed by PJ Policeâs Counter-terrorism Unit led to the arrest of 28 people in the
GNR steps up agricultural patrols; focus on safety, theft and possible human trafficking
Campo Seguro to run until December 31 Portugal’s National Republican Guard (GNR)is stepping up patrols and checks on farms and forestry plantations in order to prevent possible situations of human
Human trafficking: “time bomb under Portugalâs feet”
Government scrambles to impose new rules on sports academies Human trafficking in many forms is playing out across Portugal – this is the conclusion after a week in which hundreds
Alleged human trafficking at football academy âshockingâ- Secretary of State
40 foreign boys removed from Riba de Ave academy, near FamalicĂŁo Secretary of State for youth and sport JoĂŁo Paulo Correia has condemned as “unacceptable, shocking and reprehensible” the situation
“Poor housing, migrant workers exploited, pollution” – AI report on country
“Portugal has taken insufficient measures to improve housing conditions” – Amnesty International The “thousands of people” living in substandard housing and the exploitation of migrant workers in the agricultural sector
Human trafficking: 35 people arrested in Cuba, Beja district
35 people were arrested this morning in a âmegaoperationâ led by PJ police over suspicions of human trafficking in the Alentejo. Explain reports, “at issue are crimes of the human
Alentejo estate owner arrested for human trafficking
A man who allegedly tricked several Brazilians into travelling to Portugal to work at his farmhouse in the Lower Alentejo has been arrested by the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service