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Tribunal de Loures Issues Seven- to Eight-Year Prison Sentences to Four Influencers for 2025 Rape of 16-Year-Old — 27 Crimes de Pornografia de Menores (Child Pornography Counts) and €50,000 Victim Damages Anchor the Verdict

Tribunal de Loures Issues Seven- to Eight-Year Prison Sentences to Four Influencers for 2025 Rape of 16-Year-Old — 27 Crimes de Pornografia de Menores (Child Pornography Counts) and €50,000 Victim Damages Anchor the Verdict

The Tribunal de Loures on Friday handed seven- to eight-year prison sentences to four influencers convicted of raping and filming a 16-year-old in 2025. Two aggravated-rape counts, 27 child-pornography counts and €50,000 damages anchor the verdict.
The Portugal Brief
Registos e Notariado (Registries and Notaries) Strike Wraps Saturday After 93.41% Friday Adhesion — Citizen-Card, NIF and Casamento Counters Closed Across 14 Districts as STRN Lodges MP Complaint Over IRN Adhesion Disclosures

Registos e Notariado (Registries and Notaries) Strike Wraps Saturday After 93.41% Friday Adhesion — Citizen-Card, NIF and Casamento Counters Closed Across 14 Districts as STRN Lodges MP Complaint Over IRN Adhesion Disclosures

Portugal's six-day registos and notariado sector strike closes Saturday 13 June 2026 after Friday's 93.41% adhesion shut most civil, land, commercial and automobile registry counters across 14 districts. Citizen-card, NIF, deeds and marriage queues now face a two-to-three-week backlog.
The Portugal Brief
Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Parliament passed the Lei de Política Criminal (Criminal Policy Law) for 2026-2028 on 12 June, putting prison-crew forest-cleaning and police pat-downs in high-impact-crime zones onto the statute. PSD, Chega, IL and CDS-PP carried; Livre, PCP, BE opposed; PS, PAN, JPP abstained.
The Portugal Brief