The Judge of Criminal Instruction of the Court of General Competence of Ferreira do Alentejo pronounced 13 of 14 argued to be judged for the practice of 35 crimes, Following “Operation Mirror” November 2023.
Concerned are thirty of trafficking in people, one to aid illegal immigration, an association of aid to illegal immigration, a capital bleaching, a document forgery or counterfeiting and a forbidden weapon detention. Also seven commercial companies were pronounced for trial for the same crimes.
The decision was made on the afternoon of last Friday, Having Judge Adriana Reis Martins, determined not to pronounce Fernanda Cotto Garcia, of 51 year old, resident Em Camino de Morón, in Seville, for the crimes of which I was accused.
Nine of the accused by the Public Prosecution Service of the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) Évora, asked the instruction of opening the process, But on Thursday during the only session, Only two of the defendants, both of Spanish nationality, made statements.
Among the defendants who asked for the opening of the instruction and remained silent was Sónia Brito, the accounting technique and manager of a sector society, which is described in the prosecution as the person who “assisted and facilitated the illegal entry of victims immigrants raised/hired by Elvis Stinga, Write work contracts and collaborated in the constitution of new societies, that provided help in the business structure of the façade created by the defendants ”.
Before reading the instructional decision, The magistrate made a point of mentioning that she assigned her an “impossible mission” since the process was only distributed to her last day 12 March, which gave him a short time to analyze a process of that magnitude.
Adriana Reis Martins had to fulfill the task, otherwise having to free the defendants, for excessive preventive detention. Judge, found the Lidador News, He pointed his finger at the prosecutor who used the deadlines until the last minute, Calling the MP's attention so that this does not happen again.
As soon as they received the copy of the instructional decision, Lawyers may appeal to the Évora Court of Appeal (THREE) which can make the defendants be released by excessive detention.
Pedro Pestana, Tatiana Cretu's lawyer, sister -in -law of the alleged headline Elvis Stinga, I told the reader news that “I am convinced that, on trial, The facts will not be proven, as it happened in the megaprocess of trafficking in human beings judged in the last day 31 January, in which all the defendants were acquitted. The accusation is built based on mere evidence, hasty suspicions and deductions, defended the causal.
The process was born following the “Operation Mirror” carried out by the Judicial Police, in 21 November 2023, in which they were detained 14 people in the process held by Évora DIAP, that hundreds of immigrants were enticed to work in the Alentejo and were exploited.
The defendants' activity developed between 2019 and 2023, that generated thousands of euros of profit, that the MP wants to reverse to the state, and that translate into the loss of advantage of 9.143.089,03 euros, of ten vehicles and four motorcycles 4×4 seized. In the operation carried out by PJ, In the residences of the defendants were also seized 4.060 euro cash.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
