finances: gigantic operation, called “Tax Free” PJ ends with 15 held.
More than 100 searches for corruption, improper receipt and computer falsehood. active and passive corruption to tort, improper receipt of information advantage and falsehood are the crimes involved in Operation “Tax Free” they were held yesterday 15 people, including employees of tax authorities, He informed the PJ.
Under the operation, It revealed that the Criminal Police were performed 120 search in the Lisbon region, aiming “the consolidation of evidence” relating to 15 held, among them are employees, lawyers, official business and accountants.
Second to PJ, the operation resulted in a “complex and undercover investigation” the National Anti-Corruption Unit (UNCC) that police, in collaboration with the Tax Authority (AT), and mobilized over 200 elements of the Judicial Police, as well as judges and prosecutors.
However, the Attorney General's Office needed, in a statement, that among the suspects are tax administration technical, tax inspectors, finance chiefs, a director of the Tax Authority services, a director's assistant finance, a member of the Center for Fiscal Studies and Customs, lawyers, chartered accountants and business.
The investigation was led by the 9th Section of the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) Lisbon.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)