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More Than 200 Inmates of Lisbon's Estabelecimento Prisional Refuse to Return to Cells in Peaceful Protest Against Conditions in Ala B — GISP Intervention Unblocks the Stand-Off as Director António Leitão Promises an Afternoon Hearing

More Than 200 Inmates of Lisbon's Estabelecimento Prisional Refuse to Return to Cells in Peaceful Protest Against Conditions in Ala B — GISP Intervention Unblocks the Stand-Off as Director António Leitão Promises an Afternoon Hearing

Over 200 inmates of Lisbon's EPL Ala B refused to return to cells Monday morning, sitting on the floor and demanding to be received by the prison director. GISP intervention unblocked the situation; director António Leitão promised an afternoon hearing. EPL is scheduled for gradual closure by 2028.
The Portugal Brief
Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment

Operação Fundo Perdido Confirms €3.2 Million State Loss as Three Are Arrested for Subsidy Fraud Across Évora, Santarém and Setúbal — Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 Programmes Both Hit, 23 Counts of Subsidy Fraud and a Criminal-Association Indictment

Ministério Público confirms €3.2M State loss in Operação Fundo Perdido. Three arrested across Évora, Santarém, Setúbal — fictitious invoicing and over-invoicing inside Portugal 2020 and Alentejo 2020 reporting. 23 fraud counts plus criminal-association indictment, certified accountant suspended.
The Portugal Brief
Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code

Ministério Público Charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos for the COVID-19 Deaths of 18 Residents — Six Years On, the Pandemic-Era Care-Home Accountability File Finally Reaches the Penal Code

Ministério Público charges Lar do Comércio in Matosinhos and its former leadership with propagation of contagious disease aggravated by the result — 18 deaths and 3 serious-injury counts from the April–May 2020 COVID outbreak that infected 109 of the lar's residents. Indictment filed 31 March 2026.
The Portugal Brief
DCIAP Loses 12 of Its 44 Prosecutors in Under Three Years and an Inspection Finds One in Five Did Not Meet Basic Requirements — The Ministério Público's Top Investigative Unit Heads Into 2026 Short-Staffed and Censured

DCIAP Loses 12 of Its 44 Prosecutors in Under Three Years and an Inspection Finds One in Five Did Not Meet Basic Requirements — The Ministério Público's Top Investigative Unit Heads Into 2026 Short-Staffed and Censured

DCIAP, the Ministério Público's top investigative unit, has lost 12 of 44 prosecutors in under three years. An inspection finds one in five did not meet basic qualification requirements and that justice-officer staffing is 'manifestly insufficient' in five of seven sections.
The Portugal Brief
Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega Files a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday — Ventura Wants António Costa and His Former Ministers Summoned After a New PJ Wiretap on the Sines Data Centre

Chega tables a comissão parlamentar de inquérito to the Operação Influencer on Monday 5 May. Ventura wants ex-PM Costa and his ministers summoned after a new PJ wiretap of a Christmas Eve 2022 call on the Sines data centre. Chega's 60 seats clear the one-fifth potestative threshold.
The Portugal Brief