Three Portuguese border police officers have been handed prison sentences for beating a Ukrainian migrant to death.
A Lisbon court found that the inspectors kicked and beat the handcuffed Ihor Homeniuk with batons, breaking his ribs and causing death by asphyxiation. It happened on March 12, 2020, in the temporary reception centre at Lisbon airport.
He had arrived in Portugal by plane two days earlier from Turkey without a valid visa, in search of work.
Homeniuk was immediately detained by immigration authorities for deportation after refusing to board a flight out of the country.
On Monday, three police officials were sentenced to between seven and nine years in prison over the 40-year-old man s death.
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Socrates will stand trial for money laundering and documentary falsification
Jose Socrates, former Prime Minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
Will not be judged for corruption in the end It is applicable in the so-called “Operation Marquis”, but it is applicable to various crimes such as document tampering and money laundering.
Judge Ivo Rosa of the Lisbon Criminal Court dismissed the prosecutor’s allegations, saying in some cases that they were
“Pure fantasy” and “pure speculation”.
Portuguese prosecutor’s office blames former prime minister Socrates
A commission of 34 million euros has been received And bribes from different companies and banks in exchange for public contracts. Finally, 6 of the 31 crimes against him will be tried.
Portuguese “jihadists” sentenced to prison terms By Daisy Sampson, in News · 18-12-2020 01:00:00 · 0 Comments
Lisbon Criminal Court has sentenced Rómulo Costa and Cassimo Turé to prison terms of nine years and eight years and six months respectively, for crimes in support of terrorist organisations linked to Islamic radicalism.
Both defendants were convicted of supporting, assisting and collaborating with Islamic terrorism, “in apparent competition with the crime of financing terrorism”.
The court absolved them, however, of the crimes of membership and recruiting militants for terrorist organisations.
The judgment proved that Cassimo Turé and Rómulo Costa “were aware of the political-military situation experienced in Syria, while also being aware of the extremist political-religious conventions of
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Two men have been jailed in Portugal for supporting a jihadist recruitment network that delivered citizens from Britain and Portugal to Syria to fight for Daesh.
The Lisbon Criminal Court sentenced Rómulo Costa and Cassimo Turé to prison for nine years and eight and a half years respectively on Tuesday.
The court had ruled that it could not be proven the two had joined Daesh or intended to travel to Syria themselves.
Instead, they helped family members despite being well aware of their activities.
For example, Costa gave his passport to help his brother reach Syria, while Turé was with his brother when he was arrested at Gatwick Airport for terrorism.