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.
PJ mobilises dozens of searches and over a dozen detention warrants at Águas de Gaia on Tuesday 26 May 2026. DIAP do Porto inquiry targets active and passive corruption, abuse of power and tax fraud on public-contract awards — second phase after the September 2025 Lemos Rodrigues indictment.
The PJ's UNC3T pegs the May 2026 SNS unauthorised-access incident at more than 100,000 utentes across continental Portugal, Azores and Madeira. Compromised doctor credentials at ULS Alto Minho opened the pipe; investigators suspect AI scripted the extraction in days.
PJ opened a record 177 new marriage-of-convenience investigations across 2025 — 65 cases above 2024. The unit ties the climb directly to the June 2024 revocation of the manifestação de interesse mechanism and the irregular files now flowing into the system.
Polícia Judiciária's Guarda DIC arrested three suspects on Wednesday 13 May in Operação 'Saco Roto', detecting more than €1.8 million of EU co-financing diverted across 30 operations. About €100,000 cash seized. Detainees presented to Tribunal de Instrução Criminal do Porto.
