Beja: Citizen Gorda, the one who is at large in the operation “Tightrope”.
A natural individual Gorda, who was arrested last day 17 November following the transaction “Tightrope”, He is the one who is at large. The remaining 17 held, 3 of which, of Roman origin, also neutralized in that area are in custody.
Seventeen of 18 held last week by the Judicial Police on suspicion of human trafficking, extortion, pimping, forgery and conspiracy were in custody, announced yesterday the District Attorney General Lisbon.
Detainees, aged between 20 and 63 year old, They began to be heard on Wednesday, the Criminal Court of Lisbon west region, in Sintra, having the first judicial interrogation ended on Monday.
It is recalled that in the village of Gorda, county Beja, More than three dozen PJ inspectors carried out six house searches, having detained four men, one of which Portuguese, born and resident in the locality.
Na height, second was possible to determine the citizen Alentejo, It will take about 30 years and would be responsible for the hiring of labor, for farms in the region.
A former home of Fat Head (to photo), home to more than 20 Romanian citizens, They were made three arrests and a further housing, residents also of Romanian origin, They have reacted violently to the residence police entry.
As a result of the altercation, Two men, of 19 and 30 year old, is a woman, of 51 year old, They injured, and was transported to the Emergency Department of Beja Hospital, by Beja Fire, where they were watching, taking hours later had high medical.
The PGDL also said that the transaction carried out by PJ, entitled "Tightrope", It was dismantled a criminal group, with a "strong leadership and members, in most foreign, that repartiam between administrative tarefas, coercion and violence victims at work and transport between farms ".
Adds the prosecution that the association transporting natural immigrants from their countries in vans, promising them "good wages, work schedule, bed and laundry "on farms in Portugal, the immigrants did not find when they came to Portugal.
The group is suspected of crimes of trafficking in human beings for labor exploitation, sexual exploitation of women and extortion others.
During operation, a PJ deteve 18 people - 13 men and five women Рand held 30 searches and domiciliary companies in the towns of Ameal (Torres Vedras), Eye Marine and Usseira (Obidos), Santiago do Cac̩m, Vila Nova de Milfontes and Sao Teotonio (Odemira), Fat Head (Beja) and Serpa.
The PJ also seized various materials related to the alleged crimes and identified more than a hundred people.
Research, continues, It was directed by the MP of the 4th section of the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) de Sintra, in collaboration with the Combating Terrorism Center Unit (UNCT) da PJ.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
