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Lisbon Criminal Court Convenes Tempestade Perfeita Defence-Procurement Mega-Trial With 73 Arguidos on 9 June — 43 Individuals, 30 Companies and Three Former DGRDN Directors Run Through 25 November 2026

Lisbon Criminal Court Convenes Tempestade Perfeita Defence-Procurement Mega-Trial With 73 Arguidos on 9 June — 43 Individuals, 30 Companies and Three Former DGRDN Directors Run Through 25 November 2026

The Tempestade Perfeita defence-procurement corruption trial opens at Lisbon's Tribunal Central Criminal on 9 June 2026 with 73 arguidos — 43 individuals and 30 companies — running through 25 November on corruption, embezzlement and money-laundering charges centred on the DGRDN.
The Portugal Brief
Polícia Judiciária Returns to Vila Nova de Gaia on Tuesday 26 May with Dozens of Searches and Over a Dozen Detention Warrants at Águas de Gaia — Public-Contracts Inquiry Re-Opens Nine Months After the Lemos Rodrigues Indictment

Polícia Judiciária Returns to Vila Nova de Gaia on Tuesday 26 May with Dozens of Searches and Over a Dozen Detention Warrants at Águas de Gaia — Public-Contracts Inquiry Re-Opens Nine Months After the Lemos Rodrigues Indictment

PJ mobilises dozens of searches and over a dozen detention warrants at Águas de Gaia on Tuesday 26 May 2026. DIAP do Porto inquiry targets active and passive corruption, abuse of power and tax fraud on public-contract awards — second phase after the September 2025 Lemos Rodrigues indictment.
The Portugal Brief
Tribunal de Gaia Sentences Patrocínio Azevedo to Eight Years and Six Months for Aggravated Passive Corruption — Operação Babel Closes Its First Trial With Four Convictions, Two Acquittals and a €40 Million Illicit-Gain Calculation

Tribunal de Gaia Sentences Patrocínio Azevedo to Eight Years and Six Months for Aggravated Passive Corruption — Operação Babel Closes Its First Trial With Four Convictions, Two Acquittals and a €40 Million Illicit-Gain Calculation

The Tribunal de Vila Nova de Gaia today read its decision in Operação Babel , sentencing former Vila Nova de Gaia vice-mayor Patrocínio Azevedo to eight years and six months in prison for aggravated passive corruption, with an accessory sanction of...
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