Attorney General Amadeu Guerra denies conflict with Judicial Police following Football Leaks case searches
The Attorney General assures that there is no tension between the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judicial Police following Wednesday's searches. The two institutions will continue to collaborate, Amadeu Guerra stated.
Attorney General distances himself from tension with Judicial Police following Football Leaks case searches
The Attorney General, Amadeu Guerra, denied on Friday, 25 September, any "heavy atmosphere" between the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Judicial Police, following searches carried out on Wednesday as part of the Football Leaks case. According to dn.pt, the remarks were made in Bragança, on the sidelines of the conference "Age and Vulnerability: Where Should Law Go".
"We have always worked well together, they have always been very available people. We will continue to work with the Judicial Police, obviously, we do this every day, there is no problem whatsoever," Guerra told journalists.
The Attorney General stressed that the "value" of the Judicial Police deserves respect and that he does not intend to criticise the institution's actions. "This is a normal situation in democratic life. The Judicial Police is an institution, it deserves all our respect. For my part, I continue to respect the institution," he said.
Searches centred on director Carlos Cabreiro
The Judicial Police were subject to searches by the Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday, in a case involving the current national director, Carlos Cabreiro. The magistrate is suspected of making false statements in court and abuse of power, in alleged wiretaps carried out as part of the Football Leaks case, which involved hacker Rui Pinto.
According to the complaint filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office, the matter concerns recordings of a meeting that took place in 2015 at a service area on the A5 motorway, between Lisbon and Cascais, between Aníbal Pinto and other parties involved in the case. That meeting is believed to have been decisive in enabling the Judicial Police to identify Rui Pinto. The recordings are said to have been authorised by Cabreiro, who at the time was coordinator of the Computer Crime Investigation Section of the Lisbon and Vale do Tejo Directorate. Cabreiro assumed the national directorship of the Judicial Police in April 2026.
Judicial secrecy prevents details
When asked about the results of the searches, Amadeu Guerra refused to provide any details, citing judicial secrecy. The Attorney General also expressed regret over the leak of information that reached the media.
Guerra normalised the ongoing investigation, stating that "this case is like many others", in which a person files a complaint and the Public Prosecutor's Office opens an inquiry to investigate the facts further. "We gather evidence, which is what we normally do, then we analyse the evidence, and after the evidence has been analysed and we have heard from the people who can clarify the facts for us, we either bring charges or close the case," he explained.
The Attorney General reiterated that the Judicial Police cooperated in the investigation being conducted against them.
Source: RTP