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Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa Reclassifies Former SEF Border Director's Sentence to Abuso de Poder and Trims the Term to One Year and Ten Months — Ihor Homeniuk Case File Reopens the Justice Conversation on Lisbon Airport Detention

The Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa has reclassified former SEF Borders director António Sérgio Henriques's conviction from denegação de justiça to abuso de poder, trimming his sentence from 2.5 years suspended to one year and ten months — the latest Ihor Homeniuk case footnote in the SEF-AIMA reset.
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Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa Books a 45-Fold Climb in AIMA Deportation-Order Challenges From 11 Cases in January 2025 to 496 in April 2026 — 2,271 Pending Cases as the New Return Law Beds In

Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa Books a 45-Fold Climb in AIMA Deportation-Order Challenges From 11 Cases in January 2025 to 496 in April 2026 — 2,271 Pending Cases as the New Return Law Beds In

The Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa logged 496 new legal challenges against AIMA deportation, voluntary-departure and residence-denial orders in April 2026 — 45 times the 11 cases filed in January 2025 — and carries 2,271 pending cases as the new Return Law beds in.
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Ministério Público Charges Thirty-One Including a DGACCP Consular Officer Over a €21 Million Fraudulent-Legalisation Scheme — Seven Held in Pre-Trial Detention as PJ-UNCT Files Money-Laundering and Active-Corruption Counts

Ministério Público Charges Thirty-One Including a DGACCP Consular Officer Over a €21 Million Fraudulent-Legalisation Scheme — Seven Held in Pre-Trial Detention as PJ-UNCT Files Money-Laundering and Active-Corruption Counts

The Ministério Público announced an indictment on Friday 22 May 2026 charging 31 defendants — including an employee of the Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e Comunidades Portuguesas (DGACCP) — over an organised scheme that fraudulently...
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