Suspected illegal immigrants missing in Algarve
A group of suspected illegal immigrants that arrived by boat in Vila Real de Santo António, may be made up of as many as 16 people, despite only three being intercepted by police so far, leaving police to look for those remaining.
At the time of going to press, the PSP had detained three people in the incident. Hugo Marado from the PSP said that there were indications that the detainees were part of “a larger group”, with officials suspecting a total of 16 people, allegedly from Morocco, although the authorities highlighted that this “does not mean that they all arrived on the same vessel”.
Man accused of kidnapping two women in the Algarve denies accusations By TPN/Lusa, in Algarve, Crime · 03-03-2021 13:11:00 · 0 Comments
According to the prosecution, a Brazilian woman and a British woman were held for several days in the defendant s house in Loulé
A 36-year-old Portuguese-Canadian accused of kidnapping and raping two women in the Algarve has denied the accusations in a two and a half hour hearing in Faro court yesterday. The man said he met the women in May 2019 in a strip club in Vilamoura, where they worked, and in which he said he was planning to invest. According to the prosecution, a Brazilian woman and a British woman were held for several days in the defendant s house in Loulé, where they were allegedly raped, assaulted and received death threats. The defendant denies all accusations.