The PJ carried out 53 searches in Lisbon, Porto and Setúbal. Banco Carregosa and BAI Europa were among the places searched. Investigators say sham resales between shell companies unlocked an IMT exemption meant for property traders.
The Polícia Judiciária says its "Mare Nostrum" operation with the Navy and Italy's Guardia di Finanza dismantled a trafficking group. Two foreign men are due before a judge in Lisbon.
The accreditation register lists 11 tests for the PJ's forensic lab, none of them DNA or fingerprints, though EU law set deadlines of 2013 and 2015. The minister says no evidence is affected and has left the explanation to the PJ.
More than 40 arrest warrants were issued in an operation centred on Porto, reportedly built on Operation Admiral, the EU's biggest VAT carousel case, which began with a Coimbra tax inspection. Detainees go before a Lisbon judge on Thursday.
Chega forced a 25-member inquiry into the interior minister's eight years running the Judicial Police. Its leader will chair it, and under the inquiries law his party's evidence requests cannot be voted down.
PJ's Operação Imergente lands on PS-linked câmaras and juntas, detains adviser Duarte Moral, wife Rute Reimão and an ex-PS Oeiras president, with 37 arguidos and €2 million in flagged ajustes diretos under scrutiny.
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.
