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PSP Makes Six Detentions and Fires Warning Shots After Confrontos at Assembleia da República Following the 3 June CGTP General-Strike March — Leitão Amaro Flags 'Limits Exceeded'

PSP Makes Six Detentions and Fires Warning Shots After Confrontos at Assembleia da República Following the 3 June CGTP General-Strike March — Leitão Amaro Flags 'Limits Exceeded'

PSP made six detentions and fired warning shots after confrontations at Assembleia da República late on 3 June 2026 — Article 347/348 Código Penal track, garbage bins on fire, glass bottles thrown at cordon. Leitão Amaro: 'some exceeded the limits'; CGTP distanced from the post-march sub-group.
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Council of Ministers Approves a Bill Creating a National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Carving Out Non-Punishment for Trafficking Victims — Lisbon Transposes EU Directive 2024/1712 Onto a 355-Registo OTSH Caseload

Council of Ministers Approves a Bill Creating a National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator and Carving Out Non-Punishment for Trafficking Victims — Lisbon Transposes EU Directive 2024/1712 Onto a 355-Registo OTSH Caseload

The Council of Ministers approved a Government bill on Wednesday 3 June 2026 that transposes Directive (UE) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting victims, sending the...
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Family of Glória Funicular Victim Lodges €1.05 Million Damages Action at Lisbon's Tribunal Administrativo — Husband and Daughter Name Carris, Mntc Manutenção and Fidelidade Insurance

Family of Glória Funicular Victim Lodges €1.05 Million Damages Action at Lisbon's Tribunal Administrativo — Husband and Daughter Name Carris, Mntc Manutenção and Fidelidade Insurance

The husband and daughter of Ana Paula Mendes, killed in the 3 September 2024 Elevador da Glória derailment, file a €1.05 million civil-damages action at Lisbon's Tribunal Administrativo against Carris, maintenance contractor Mntc and Fidelidade insurance — the first publicly disclosed claim.
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Lisbon's Juízo Central Criminal Suspends Ricardo Salgado's 13-Year Cúmulo Jurídico Sentence on Alzheimer's Incapacity — Combined Operação Marquês and EDP/Manuel Pinho Penalty Holds in Abeyance Until the Clinical State Lifts

Lisbon's Juízo Central Criminal Suspends Ricardo Salgado's 13-Year Cúmulo Jurídico Sentence on Alzheimer's Incapacity — Combined Operação Marquês and EDP/Manuel Pinho Penalty Holds in Abeyance Until the Clinical State Lifts

The Juízo Central Criminal de Lisboa (Lisbon Central Criminal Court) on Tuesday 2 June ruled to suspend the execution of the consolidated 13-year prison sentence imposed on Ricardo Salgado, the 81-year-old former president of Banco Espírito Santo...
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Polícia Judiciária Storms Carris Santo Amaro and Maintenance-Company Premises Over the September 2025 Elevador da Glória Disaster — 20+ Inspectors, ~10 Home Searches and Joaquim Morgado on Homicídio por Negligência

Polícia Judiciária Storms Carris Santo Amaro and Maintenance-Company Premises Over the September 2025 Elevador da Glória Disaster — 20+ Inspectors, ~10 Home Searches and Joaquim Morgado on Homicídio por Negligência

PJ inspectors raided Carris's Santo Amaro HQ, the maintenance contractor's premises and ~10 home addresses on 29 May, executing the criminal-investigation phase into the 3 September 2025 Elevador da Glória derailment that killed 16 people. Joaquim Morgado leads on homicídio por negligência charges.
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