Brazilian police detain Portuguese woman with 4.5 kg of cocaine at airport
The Brazilian Federal Police said today that they had arrested a Portuguese citizen at Rio de Janeiro International Airport with 4.5 kilos of cocaine hidden in a belt. According to a statement released by the Brazilian police, the Portuguese citizen, who has not been identified, was planning to board a commercial flight to Portugal. The […]
Escaped French prisoner hiding in Lisbon? PSP received a tip-off
Mohamed Amra is being sought internationally after escaping from the French authorities in an attack on the prison van where he was being transported, during which two prison guards died. The Public Security Police (PSP) received a tip-off that Mohamed Amra, a dangerous French inmate who escaped from prison during an ambush carried out by […]
Five arrested in Madeira for fraud involving subsidies for flights to the mainland
The undue reimbursements are said to be worth “more than half a million euros”. The PJ carried out 71 search and seizure warrants. Five people, aged between 23 and 55, were arrested this Tuesday in Madeira during an operation by the Judiciary Police (PJ), entitled Rota do Viajante II (Traveler’s Route II), related to the […]
ASAE opens four criminal proceedings for illegal gambling in the Porto district
The Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE) has opened four criminal proceedings for illegal gambling in the municipalities of Maia, Matosinhos, Amarante and Felgueiras, in the district of Porto, following an operation in the last week of April, it was announced today. According to a statement sent to the press today, ASAE reported that “seven […]
Five arrested by PJ at airport with 780,000 doses of cocaine
On Tuesday, the Judiciary Police arrested five men with 780,000 individual doses of cocaine, in flagrante delicto, at Lisbon airport, as part of the “Phantom Passengers” operation, in which 30,000 euros were also seized in house searches. According to a statement issued today by the Polícia Judiciária (PJ), the five men are suspected of being […]
Bank of Portugal warns of attempted digital fraud
The Bank of Portugal (BdP) warns of fraud attempts through SMS messages, ads on social platforms and/or phone calls, as pyramid schemes may be involved, the institution said today. In these approaches, people are lured into joining chat groups in order to obtain additional income, as part of a job offer, an investment with a […]
PSP seized 91 prohibited weapons in international operation coordinated by Europol
The Public Security Police (PSP) seized 91 alarm weapons that could be transformed into firearms in Portugal during an international operation coordinated by Europol, it was announced today. The national directorate of the PSP announced today that 84 members of the Arms and Explosives Department and the territorial commands of that police force took part, […]
Who is William Hill, the suspected fortune launderer arrested in Lisbon?
US authorities have released the indictment of the founders of the cryptocurrency site Samourai Wallet, used to launder millions of euros. TheJudicial Police (PJ) cooperated with the FBI in the arrest of an American man in Lisbon, suspected of laundering millions of euros through the cryptocurrency website Samourai Wallet, which he created in co-authorship with […]
PSP detains two men for “black euros” scam in Lisbon
The arrest took place in Caldas da Rainha, after the suspects, of foreign identity, tried to swindle a man in a hotel in the Portuguese capital. Two men of foreign nationality were arrested by the Public Security Police (PSP) on April 22 in Caldas da Rainha on suspicion of the crimes of qualified fraud and […]
The Judicial Police (PJ) arrested a man for running website to launder criminal wealth
The Judicial Police (PJ) arrested a man in the Greater Lisbon area suspected of having founded Samourai Wallet, a website used to launder criminal wealth, in an operation coordinated by the American authorities (FBI), it was announced today. In a statement, the PJ explains that Operation Samourai, which took place simultaneously in several countries, included […]