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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
Tribunal da Relação do Porto Seals Fernando Valente's Acquittal in the Grávida da Murtosa Case — Double-Conformity Rule Closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Appeal Door Three Years After Mónica Silva's Disappearance

Tribunal da Relação do Porto Seals Fernando Valente's Acquittal in the Grávida da Murtosa Case — Double-Conformity Rule Closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Appeal Door Three Years After Mónica Silva's Disappearance

Tribunal da Relação do Porto confirms the Aveiro Tribunal do Júri's full acquittal of Fernando Valente in the Mónica Silva (Grávida da Murtosa) case — five criminal counts all dismissed. The Article 400 CPP double-conformity rule closes the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça appeal route.
The Portugal Brief