The court of judges of the Court of Beja acquitted the defendants, Eighteen people, All foreign originating from Eastern European, It's a company, who were accused of criminal association crimes, human trafficking and money laundering.
The only convict was Ionut Biuca, by prohibited weapon detention crime, in a penalty of 200 fine days at the rate of 6 euros / day, total no 1.200 euros.
This was a broile, After the return of the occurred to 16 December 2024, when the prosecutor's prosecutor (MP) defended in the final allegations that “at the trial hearing, the alleged facts have not been proven, coercive measures depriving the accused of their freedom must be revoked.â€. At the end of this session were immediately released the eight defendants who were in pre -trial detention and four in home, all of Romanian nationality.
Optimism within the lawyers was evident at the entrance of the court, Having the Lidador News (LN) the causal Pedro Pestana referred to: "The expectation is that the innocent are acquitted", What scarce 15 Minutes after the session began was confirmed.
In the short reading of the judgment, The president of the Judges Collective argued that “there were labor violations that only do not constitute any crimes, so they are to prove the criminal association, trafficking in people and money laundering â€, finished.
This process was triggered in November 2022 by inspectors of the National Unit of Counterterrorism (UNCT), under the jurisdiction of the Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) Lisbon, in the counties of Cuba, Beja and Ferreira do Alentejo and which led to the detention of 35 people and later the constitution of 55 Defendants.
The process was separate and there are still thirty -two defendants left, awaiting the decision of the Judges of the Court of Appeal of Évora, in light of the appeals presented by the Cuban Public Ministry, that if they are tried, they may benefit from the decision made on Friday afternoon by the Court of Judges of the Court of Beja.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
