Gaia’s deputy mayor resigns from office

The deputy mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, Patrocínio Azevedo, who has been remanded in custody as part of Operation Babel, has resigned from his post, the head of the local authority, Socialist Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues, announced today. The announcement was made in the run-up to the executive meeting agenda. Patrocínio Azevedo has been remanded […]

Babel. CM Gaia orders audit of processes “shrouded in suspicion”

The mayor of Gaia revealed today that he has ordered an immediate audit of all processes “shrouded in suspicion” as part of Operation Babel, which led to the arrest and detention of the deputy mayor. “Giventheseriousnessof the issues raised by the inquiry, I ordered the immediate implementation of an audit of all processes involved in […]

Councilwoman Marina Mendes takes on vice-presidency of the Gaia City Council

Marina Mendes Gaia

The vice-presidency of Vila Nova de Gaia City Council will be held by councilwoman Marina Mendes, after the arrest and preventive detention of the vice-president, Patrocínio Azevedo, in the scope of Operation Babel, announced today the president. “I decided to transfer the duties of vice-president to Dr. Marina Mendes, number 3 on the municipal list […]

Operation Babel: Detainees linked to the Porto City Council go free

Police car on the street at night

The two detainees linked to the Oporto city council in Operation Babel, related to alleged corruption in real estate projects, were released from the Criminal Instruction Court (TIC), said today the lawyer of one of them. According to Paulo Fraga, the employee of the Justice of the Peace Ricardo Magalhães, his client, is free but […]

Gaia’s Mayor is one of the defendants in Babel Operation

Aerial view of the Ponte Dona Maria Pia bridge crossing over the river under the blue sky

The mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia, Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues, is one of the defendants in “Operation Babel”, during which seven arrests were made today and which investigates real estate projects worth around 300 million euros. A judicial source told Pp today that the mayor of Gaia (PS) is one of five defendants in the […]

Searches of Gaia and Porto Councils cover 300ME real estate projects

State Police Traffic Stop

The searches conducted today by the Judicial Police (PJ) in the town halls of Gaia and Porto, which led to the arrest of the deputy mayor of Gaia and six other people, relate to real estate projects worth 300 million euros. Operation Babel “aims to vitiate the rules and instructions of the urban authorization processes […]