Lisbon: District Attorney General reveals that Hugo Machado is suspected of criminal association crime.
In a statement to the District Attorney General Lisbon, reveals that the lawyer Bejense, Hugo Machado, is suspected of crimes of conspiracy and trafficking was arrested and remained in custody.
Hugo Machado, lawyer with an office in Beja, arrested on the afternoon of Thursday, by inspectors of the National Counter Terrorism Unit (UNCT) the Judicial Police (PJ), for eventual human trafficking you saw him be applied to remand measure.
The barrister, about 42 year old, It was heard on Friday, for about six hours at the Criminal Court (TIC) Lisbon, after being driven to the nearby facilities of the Prison Lisbon (EPL), subsequently transferred to the Prison of the Judicial Police, where he will await trial.
A lawyer said the arrest to JN, justifying that “It is strange, is something very serious. There should be plenty of evidence beyond the material seized in searches”, justifying the ICT of the judge's decision on remand, what “considered when verified the assumptions”, danger of flight, disturbance of the investigation and continued criminal activity, because it is a crime punishable by a sentence of 3 a 8 years in prison.
According to the District Attorney General Lisbon (PGDL), there are strong indications that the man, along with 19 other defendants (held in November 2015 and May 2016 and all in custody), belonged to an organized group, which, at least since September 2014, He was dedicated to entice, transport, host and, later, deliver people of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals in the country for sexual exploitation and labor exploitation, for profit.
“The defendants recruited several citizens of Romanian nationality, luring them with working conditions and salaries that were not fulfilled, and they arranged for their transport to Portugal, where they arranjavam them accommodation, particularly in the towns of Nova de Mil Fontes Vila, Ameal, Usseira, eye Marine, Sao Teotonio, Gorda and Serpa”, says PGDL.
Once in Portugal, the defendants controlled the workers and forced women into prostitution, forcing them to work and live in degrading and inhumane conditions, in physical and psychological threats.
According to the investigation, the lawyer, taking advantage of their profession and their legal knowledge, accounting and business, He instructed the other defendants, in order to enable them to acquire a legal business look, and developed all hiring-related activity, Social Security and the bank accounts, where they were deposited the amounts related to the criminal activity of the group.
The investigation continues under the direction of the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) de Sintra, in conjunction with the National Counter-Terrorism Unit (UNCT) the Judicial Police (PJ) and the intervention of the Asset Recovery Office and Financial Expertise Unit PJ.
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