prosecutors: Acusa 26 Defendants, 18 They are in preventive, the conspiracy of crimes and human trafficking.
The statements of a Romanian woman in a pimping case, They gave rise to an investigation that led to the prosecution to accuse 26 Practice accused of criminal association and crimes 35 trafficking in persons and crimes 4 of them still banned gun possession crime.
The final blow to the network was given last day 3 November, when inspectors PJ arrested in Beja, the lawyer Hugo Machado, considered one of the main elements of the numerous and organized group.
The investigation concluded that the lawyer, taking advantage of their profession, He instructed the other defendants, in the acquisition of a legal business appearance, as well as bank accounts linked to criminal activity.
Twenty days after the arrest of barrister prosecutors filed charges against 26 the defendants, 18 They are subject to preventive detention measure, 17 Romanian and Bulgarian citizens and 1 português, with electronic bracelet and are still pending mandates of European arrest of three Romanian suspects, for pre-trial detention measure.
The District Attorney General Lisbon (PGDL) maintains that the defendants have created an organized network that between September 2011 and November 2015, He dedicated to exploring Romanian and Bulgarian citizens, in sexual activities and work, in various locations of the West, in Torres Vedras and Alentejo, Beja, Serpa and Odemira.
On 17 November 2015, under the operation "Tightrope", about a hundred inspectors PJ, made three dozen house searches, four of the defendants were in possession of weapons, white and fire, and ammunition.
The defendants in custody, Seventeen are in Prison (EP) Lisbon and the lawyer in EP PJ, Also in that city.
The survey, which certificates were taken that led to other processes, was titrated by the 4th Section of the Department is Investigation and Penal Action (DIAP) de Sintra, that had the collaboration of the National Counter-Terrorism Units (UNCT) and Financial Expertise and Accounting (UPFC) the Judicial Police and the Asset Recovery Office.
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