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GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday

GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday

The Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard — GNR) closed nine residences that had been operating illegally as lares de idosos (elderly-care homes) in Lousada, in the Porto district, on Tuesday and detained seven people, the force...