Guides
Reporting a Crime in Portugal
How to report a crime in Portugal: where to go, the online complaint portal, the six-month deadline, your right to an interpreter, and claiming damages.
Ministério Público
News
Tribunal de Sintra Reads the Bruno Pinto / Odair Moniz Homicide Verdict at 15:30 — Public Prosecutor Pressing the 8 to 16-Year Range and PSP Disqualification
The Tribunal de Sintra (Sintra Court) is scheduled to read its verdict in the homicide trial of Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP — Public Security Police) officer Bruno Pinto at 15:30 on Monday, 15 June 2026, closing a 20-month judicial process...
Justice
Ministério Público Indicts Three in the TAP and Hi Fly Suspected-Unapproved-Parts Ring — 2015-2023 Scheme Faked Aeronavegabilidade Documents Under Operação Voo Cego
The Ministério Público charged three suspects on 27 May with a 2015-2023 scheme that diverted uncertified aircraft components to TAP and Hi Fly — parts that posed 'medium or high' safety risks. Charges include criminal association, peculato and atentado against air-transport safety.
Justice
Ministério Público Charges Thirty-One Including a DGACCP Consular Officer Over a €21 Million Fraudulent-Legalisation Scheme — Seven Held in Pre-Trial Detention as PJ-UNCT Files Money-Laundering and Active-Corruption Counts
The Ministério Público announced an indictment on Friday 22 May 2026 charging 31 defendants — including an employee of the Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e Comunidades Portuguesas (DGACCP) — over an organised scheme that fraudulently...
Guides
Getting an Apostille or Consular Legalisation in Portugal
How to get an apostille on a Portuguese document for €10.20, where to go, when you need consular legalisation instead, and when EU rules mean you need neither.
Câmara de Lisboa
Moedas Defends Karl Lagerfeld Residencies Approval Against Alexandra Leitão's Ministério Público Complaint on Thursday 14 May — Câmara de Lisboa Says No Urbanistic Compensation Was Left Unpaid
The Câmara Municipal de Lisboa published a juridical opinion on Thursday 14 May defending its handling of three controversial luxury real-estate approvals after the PS municipal group filed a formal complaint with the Ministério Público alleging...
INEM
Ministério Público Closes All Six DIAP Inquiries Into Deaths During the November 2024 INEM Strike — Pombal Court Reads 'No Robust Indications' Linking the Response Delay to a 53-Year-Old's Heart Attack in Ansião
The PGR confirmed today that the Ministério Público archived all six DIAP inquiries into deaths during the November 2024 INEM strike — Bragança (×2), Pombal/Ansião, Tondela, Almada and Vendas Novas — closing the criminal channel even after IGAS linked three of those deaths to response delays.