A couple of Moldovan citizens and a sole proprietorship in the name of the woman, will be tried at the Judicial Court of Beja, through the practice of thirty (30) aid of crimes against illegal immigration.
They enticed compatriots to work for them, providing services in agriculture. The defendants also incur the additional penalty of expulsion from national territory.
According to the indictment issued by the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) from Évora to which Lidador NotĂcias (LN) We had access, Elena Munteanu, of 36 year old, and Zobar Dominica, of 44 year old, between 2020 and 2022, used foreign citizens in an irregular situation, “arranging your transport to Portugal, charging the amount of 130 euros each”, adding that the defendants “put those people to work for them, functioning as intermediaries for the owners of agricultural holdings”, justifies DIAP. The prosecution maintains that the couple “collected, forwarded to homes, guaranteeing them paid work, then he charged business owners and didn’t pay them.”.
The investigation carried out by the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF), was born from a complaint from the PSP of Beja, que no dia 2 June 2022, realized that two Moldovan citizens, asked for help at Cáritas Diocesana, in that city. The police, the two men reported that they worked in the field and had fled the village of Montoito, county Redondo, justifying that “we were attacked by the bosses (the couple) and there are twenty more compatriots going through the same thing”, situation that SEF would confirm on the spot.
The defendants Elena, Dentist, who are released, and the company, start to be judged tomorrow at the Beja Court, before a Collective of Judges.
Case against contracting companies filed
In the SEF investigation, I was able to prove that at Herdade da Casa Branca, in Ferreira do Alentejo county, owned by Olisul, Lda, thirteen workers were identified who provided agricultural services at the orders of the defendants and, at Herdade do Peso, county Vidigueira, Sogrape property, They were 17 illegal citizens.
Despite committing crimes of using the activity of a foreign citizen in an illegal situation, the processes were archived by DIAP because “the records indicate only one occurrence in relation to each of the companies, not possible due to the seasonality of activities, determine whether this occurred habitually and repeatedly”, remataram.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
Photo: DR
