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Lisbon Court Sends Sócrates-Era Public Works Secretary Paulo Campos to Trial Over the €1 Billion Road-PPP Case — Judge Carlos Alexandre Pronounces Five of Ten Charges as Costa Pina Walks Free Thirteen Years On

Portugal's Central Criminal Investigation Court has committed former Public Works secretary Paulo Campos to trial in the road-PPP corruption case — five of ten charges pronounced, with an estimated €1 billion in damage to the State, thirteen years after the file opened.
The Portugal Brief
Supremo Tribunal de Justiça's Acórdão 3/2026 Pins the Driving-Ban Penalty Clock to Final Judgement — Article 69(2) Closes the Voluntary Carta-de-Condução Surrender Loophole and Strips Pre-Trial Credit for Motoring Convicts

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça's Acórdão 3/2026 Pins the Driving-Ban Penalty Clock to Final Judgement — Article 69(2) Closes the Voluntary Carta-de-Condução Surrender Loophole and Strips Pre-Trial Credit for Motoring Convicts

STJ's Acórdão 3/2026 of 17 June pins the proibição de conduzir clock to trânsito em julgado, ruling that pre-trial voluntary licence surrender earns zero credit toward the driving-ban penalty under Article 69(2) of the Código Penal.
The Portugal Brief
PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo Sweeps Addresses in Almada Tied to the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina — Suspicions Stack Criminal Association, Incitement to Crime, Apology of Crime, Qualified Damage and Offence to a Legal Person

PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo Sweeps Addresses in Almada Tied to the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina — Suspicions Stack Criminal Association, Incitement to Crime, Apology of Crime, Qualified Damage and Offence to a Legal Person

The PJ's Unidade Nacional Contraterrorismo executed search warrants in Almada against members of the Coletivo pela Libertação da Palestina, naming suspicions of criminal association, incitement, apology of crime, qualified damage and offence to a legal person.
The Portugal Brief
DCIAP Files Terrorist-Organisation Charges Against Nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano Members — Lisbon Municipal Police Agent Bruno Gonçalves Named Recruiter, Grenade Attack on Montenegro's Estrela Apartment Discussed

DCIAP Files Terrorist-Organisation Charges Against Nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano Members — Lisbon Municipal Police Agent Bruno Gonçalves Named Recruiter, Grenade Attack on Montenegro's Estrela Apartment Discussed

DCIAP's 18 June accusation charges nine Movimento Armilar Lusitano members with terrorist organisation; Lisbon Municipal Police agent Bruno Gonçalves identified as recruiter who fed PM Montenegro's Estrela address into the cell, which discussed throwing a grenade into the apartment.
The Portugal Brief
Steel prison bars in a corridor — illustrative of prison overcrowding under Council of Europe review.

Strasbourg Marks September 2027 as the Tangible-Progress Deadline on Portugal's 103.4% Prison Overcrowding — Committee of Ministers 11 June Decision Reads Deteriorating Conditions and Lisbon EPL Closure Slips to 2028

Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers set Portugal a September 2027 deadline to show tangible progress on a 103.4% prison occupation rate, after the 9-11 June 2026 Strasbourg session read deteriorating conditions; Lisbon EPL closure now pushed to 2028.
The Portugal Brief