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- Portuguese police dismantle housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto – 55 arrested
- Oporto Court of Appeal increases sentence to 14 years for homicide in Santa Maria da Feira
- Two Coaches Museum employees detained for diverting money from ticket office in Lisbon
- 'Tutti Frutti' case: judge sends 56 PSD defendants to trial for corruption in Lisbon
- Couple kidnapped at gunpoint in Torres Novas during Porsche Panamera robbery
- Operation Tutti Frutti: 56 defendants committed for trial, including three former MPs
- Manuel Pinho served sentence on 1.5-hectare estate with no days in prison
- Sócrates trial on money laundering adjourned to 30 October
- Tutti Frutti case: Central Criminal Instruction Court decides today on trial for 59 defendants accused of corruption in Lisbon municipal authorities
- Sócrates calls new money-laundering trial in Lisbon "absurd"
- Trio convicted of armed jewellery robbery in Fátima sees appeal rejected by Supreme Court of Justice
- Man stabs nine people at addiction recovery association in Santarém
- Fugitive arrested in Évora after two years evading justice
- Man on the run detained in Évora by PJ to serve 3.5-year sentence
- Molotov cocktail near Parliament: suspect detained released on bail
- Molotov cocktail thrown at Life March in Lisbon: suspected anarchist released
- Man aged 28 arrested by PJ for child pornography involving 12 victims
- Public Prosecutor orders Criminal Investigation Department investigation into death of 20-year-old found lifeless in Oliveira de Frades
- Designer charged with ten terrorist crimes after throwing Molotov cocktail at Life March in Lisbon
- Manuel Pinho released after nearly five years of house arrest in EDP case
- Foreign national detained for sexual abuse of four-year-old half-sister remanded in custody
- 71-year-old businessman detained in Torre de Moncorvo for human trafficking for labour exploitation
- Man arrested in Moita with Smith & Wesson revolver after fleeing GNR
- Operation Skydrop: PJ seizes 556 kg of cocaine from ship 640 nautical miles from Lisbon
- Man accused of terrorism for throwing Molotov cocktail near Parliament
- 33-year-old man arrested for drug trafficking in Funchal with two kilograms of hashish
- Actor Nuno Homem de Sá denies harassment of ex-girlfriend at trial in Santarém
- Self-harm in children alarms judicial police: online groups use games to radicalise minors
- Amnesty International demands investigation into PSP following 39 injured in Porto protest
- 64-year-old man arrested for stabbing brother in Melides, Grândola
- GNR dismantles family drug-trafficking network in Alcobaça: drugs, shotguns and 284 cartridges seized
- 50-year-old man detained by PJ in Esposende for setting fire to family member's car
- 44-year-old man detained in the Algarve for sexually abusing 11-year-old girl
- €66 million fraud in the 'IMT carousel': searches at banks and 53 locations in Portugal
- Off-duty GNR officers mistaken for drug traffickers in gunfire incident at Trafaria
- Man detained for attempted murder with razor blade at religious festival in Lagoa, Azores
- PJ arrests two suspects in carjacking attempt on elderly couple in Carregado
- Man arrested in Lisbon for sexual abuse of young person with cognitive vulnerabilities
- Man wanted in France for VAT fraud arrested in Caldas da Rainha
- British man arrested after drug boat collision with 3.7 tonnes of cocaine near Algarve
- Sentenced to 7 years for cyberbullying, woman accumulates seven new victims during trial
- Masked trio linked carjacking attempt in Carregado to robbery at grocer's in Lisbon
- Operation "Mare Nostrum" seizes 3.7 tonnes of cocaine south of Faro with one fatality
- Prison guard assaulted by visitor at Lisbon Prison and requires three stitches to lip
- Operation Hermes: 11 defendants remanded in custody over VAT fraud that caused EU €410 million loss
- Football Leaks hacker Rui Pinto keeps police protection after Lisbon assault
- Man with domestic violence history kills partner with razor blade in Lamego
- Police protection for Rui Pinto maintained after annulment of CPES decision
- Man detained for third time for domestic violence in Sintra held in preventive custody
- 66-year-old woman arrested with cocaine and cannabis at Porto prison
- Brothers tried by jury after killing father in Laranjeiras to protect mother
- Businessman from Caldas da Rainha tried for domestic violence in Leiria
- European Court of Auditors flags suspected fraud in €755,000 Portugal 2020 project
- Sentenced to five years and ten months for attempted murder of GNR officer in Cabeceiras de Basto
- Twin sisters case: Nuno Rebelo de Sousa submits 16 WhatsApp screenshots to Public Prosecutor's Office
- GNR dismantles cocaine trafficking network in Centre region: more than ten arrested
- Operation Hermes: 39 arrested in major operation against €150M VAT fraud
- Operation Hermes: 700 judicial police inspectors detain dozens in €100 million VAT fraud
- Rui Pinto convicted and without protection: debate surrounding a controversial case in Portugal
- Murder in Loures: 26-year-old man detained after shooting over land dispute