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SEF said Friday that the staff at Lisbon airport has been strengthened in recent months due to the number and origin of flights and announced the placement of five more inspectors in this infrastructure for next week.

In a statement, the Foreigners and Border Service adds that the reinforcement of the staff at Humberto Delgado airport in Lisbon has been “being carried out in accordance with the planning of the number of flights and their origins, so as to try to match the specificities “Of this infrastructure.

According to the SEF, 22 new inspectors reinforced border control in January and 11 in early February, and there was also an increase in the number of staff at Lisbon airport during the summer of 2016, with the placement of 45 trainees.

The SEF guarantee comes after the union representing the inspectors of that security service and the executive director of ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal stated that there is a shortage of SEF elements at the Lisbon airport at Lisbon airport.

That security service stresses that the SEF’s effect on border control at this airport was 150 inspectors in 2016, and now 183 inspectors.

SEF adds that five new inspectors will reinforce this service over the next week.

“The Aliens and Borders Service has been responding to the increase in air traffic and the flow of passengers at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, fulfilling the mission entrusted to it as a security service, in particular with regard to the control of persons On the Portuguese border and the European Union – Schengen, “he says.

SEF also clarifies that “whenever there is an increase in air traffic and passenger flow” at Portuguese airports, namely between June and October, it has made “the necessary adjustment according to the needs of the border control”.

In the statement, the SEF goes on to say that the growth in air traffic and passenger traffic in the last 14 months, especially at Humberto Delgado Airport, “is extremely complex and involves challenges that do not only relate to SEF’s mission in the Border control “.

“The SEF has no responsibility for airport infrastructure safety, but only for controlling the air border at the international airport,” he said, adding that 45 new inspectors have been in training since November. New reinforcement during the summer.

On Thursday, Acácio Pereira, president of the Career and Research Union of the Aliens and Borders Service (SCIF / SEF), defended the annual recruitment of 100 new elements during the next decade due to the personnel shortage that exists Not only at the airport, but also throughout the country. Source Jornel de Noticais

A man, a native of Madeira, accused of setting fire to the area of ​​the parish of Camacha, Santa Cruz municipality, the neighbouring municipality east of Funchal, has been found guilty in court. He was arrested by the Public Security Police (PSP) on the night of 15^th August 2016

“The court has decided to sentence a three-year prison sentence, which, given the criminal background, cannot be suspended, is effective,” said the presiding judge of the court, Filipe Câmara, arguing that the man “accepted almost full facts” of which he had been accused.

The court found that the man, at around 2200 hrs on 12^th August after consuming alcohol all day”,  decided with a lighter to set fire to a zone of bush in the area of ​​his residence in Camacha , Santa Cruz county, east of Madeira, where he lived with his mother and a brother, the latter who warned firefighters.

The judge pointed out that the fire “quickly spread but did not reach greater proportions due to the rapid intervention of the firemen”.  It consumed about 1200 meters of weeds and some trees.

The court found that the defendant knew that he “endangered other people’s property and the life integrity” of others, but took into account that “the damage was not so high.”

This case was the less serious of the two cases of people detained in August for this type of crime. In the other a 23-year-old man was charged with three homicides for allegedly setting fire to the parish of São Roque, in the outskirts of Funchal.

Ricardo Gouveia pointed out that there was “a set of mitigating factors”, namely that the accused “fully confessed, presented himself as caregiver of the family and, besides, the damages were not many”.

The lawyer also said that the defendant needs “psychiatric and psychological help,” presenting “symptoms” of pyromania, adding that “he will speak to the family of the accused to seriously consider filing a motion to obtain a less severe sentence. Source Jornel de Noticais

On 3 and 14 February, the Territorial Command of Setúbal arrested six people of Irish nationality for  fraud.

After being presented to court, four were remanded in custody (one awaiting extradition to France) and the other two were subject to expiration of identity and residence.

The modus operandi of this European group, known as “The Tar Gang”, consisted in providing paving services at a reduced cost, with excess tar from previous works, and only charging the value of labour.

Once the agreement was done, and before any construction construction machines arrived on site the victims were coerced to pay the full service well above the agreed value.

According to a report in the Diario de Noticais The disappearance of at least service 50 Glock pistols that were stored in the PSP National Directorate – the Penha de France headquarters – maybe being investigated into a broader investigation into international arms trafficking network.

The disappearance of at least service 50 Glock pistols that were stored in the PSP National Directorate – the Penha de France headquarters – are beginning to consolidate: an international arms trafficking network.

Last week, the Spanish authorities informed PSP that they had apprehended suspects detained in a police operation recovering three Glock pistols with the inscription “Security Forces”, the same one that is engraved on the weapons used by PSP, GNR and SEF. It was confirmed that they belonged to the batch of missing weapons from the PSP National Directorate, which is already being investigated and has resulted in the preventive suspension of two agents.

The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) confirmed to the Diario de Noticais the opening of an investigation, without giving details, for being “in secrecy of justice”. The impact of the case is exacerbated by the fact that PSP is the security force that has sole competence for all control, licensing and control of weapons in our country.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP), however, gave a vote of confidence and delegated to the PSP itself the investigation, but if the crime of international traffic is confirmed, the investigation may have to be extended to the Judicial Police, which has exclusive jurisdiction to investigate this category of crime.

The investigation is being carried out by a special team. This started at the end of last January, when a Glock pistol was seized in a routine operation in the Pasteleira neighbourhood of Porto, with the same inscription as those used by the police – “Security Forces”. The suspected drug trafficker was a 21-year-old civilian resident in the neighbourhood. During the operation, 24 Glock ammunition (9 mm) and four loaders were also seized.

Upon consulting the PSP’s internal weapons registry, the Glock’s serial number was found to be part of the batch at the PSP headquarters.

The GNR Ovar have foiled an attack on a branch of Western Union in Esmoriz.

During the incident there was an exchanged of shots between the GNR and the four robbers, as they tried to escape in a car. They were however arrested.

Comment – Excellent work by the GNR

The GNR in Seia are investigating a series of thefts from 24 vehicles that have taken place over a period of 48 hours. In addition four vehicles were stolen.

This took place at the Urnanization de Martinhos earlier this week (12th/13th February) and items stolen included car radios, computers and GPS equipment. The thieves gained access by smashing car windows.

On 13^th February at around 1020 hrs, three persons wearing latex masks broke their way into the “Boutique dos Relogios Plus” jewellery shop in Centro Comercial Amoreiras in Lisbon.

They then smashed glass windows and panels using sledge hammers before escaping with watches with an estimated value in excess of one million euros.

The three robbers walked through the centre without any regards to CCTV cameras and members of the public.

Watches stolen include individual items with a sales price of €190,000 each.

During their escape the robbers pointed pistols at people in restaurants in the shopping centre. They then left through an emergency exit before using three motorcycles parked in the basement of the shopping centre to escape.

The Judicial Police are investigating.

Comment

It appears to have been a well planned robbery. Clearly question marks concerning security at the centre that also need to be reviewed.

A US serviceman aged 28 years from the airbase of Lajes in the Azores has been charged with attempted murder, two rapes, an assault and another of kidnapping a woman aged 26 years, it was announced on 16^th February by the Public Ministry.

According to information on the website of the Attorney General’s Office of the Azores, “the facts occurred on November 1, 2016, in the municipality of Praia da Vitória, on Terceira Island.”

In a statement issued on the arrest of the accused, the Criminal Investigation Department of Ponta Delgada of the Judiciary Police revealed that the suspect took advantage of the fact that he knew the victim. The suspect convinced her to accept a lift in his motor vehicle, against her will, to an isolated place where he allegedly assaulted and raped her. ”

“He then took her to another place near the coast, where he again allegedly raped and assaulted her with a knife and attempted to kill her by drowning, in order to prevent her from reporting the incidents”, Said the statement from the Judiciary.

She then tried to free herself and fled towards the sea, where she remained until she was able to obtain help from a passer-by who took her to a hospital.

The Attorney General of the Region of the Azores points out that in this case the Portuguese State did not renounce the criminal jurisdiction provided for in the 1995 Cooperation and Defence Agreement between Portugal and the United States of America.

Article VIII of Annex H to this Agreement states that, “recognizing the responsibility of the military authorities of the United States of America to maintain order and discipline of their forces, Portugal shall, at the request of the said authorities, renounce (…) Exercise of its criminal jurisdiction over members of the force, except in cases of particular importance to Portugal.”

The defendant remains under detention

According to the balance of the Lisbon region, Social Security, Tax and the National Health Service were the targets of 357 frauds worth €44.9 million

The state was the victim of fraud last year to a total of 45 million euros, just in the region of Lisbon, the largest region in the country. The losses were a result of 357 recorded crimes, an average of around one per day.

The targets were in most cases, the National Health Service (SNS), Social Security or the Treasury. The data appeared in the annual report of the Public Prosecution Service in the District of Lisbon, regarding investigations carried out in the last 12 months.

In total there were 357 scams to the State investigated, with the average value of almost 126 thousand euros, per case. However, in some of these cases, the value of the injury to the State surpassed this average.

At the final stage of the proceedings, 320 cases were tried resulting in 198convictions or 61.8%.

The report also reveals that 57 cases of corruption were tried, of whom 46 resulted in convictions.

Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3) has successfully supported efforts to identify several victims of child sexual abuse through its third Victim Identification Task Force (VIDTF).

Experts from Portugal and other countries participated in the VIDTF 3 hosted at Europol headquarters from 28 January to 10 February, which saw them identify victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation using advanced techniques, software and their knowledge and expertise. As a result, victims of this damaging crime have been located living in several countries in the EU and beyond. Law enforcement authorities in those countries are currently working to finalise the identification of the children and save them from further atrocities.

VIDTF 3 saw 25 experts in victim identification from 16 countries and 22 agencies coming together to work on shared materials at Europol’s headquarters over 12 days. They were supported by Europol staff, all specialists and analysts in this crime area. The unique combination of collaborative work, image and video analysis, and criminal intelligence meant that the experts worked through millions of files to find and exploit vital clues. The effort was funded by the European Commission’s EMPACT Cyber CSE programme.

The uploading of groups of linked images and video files to the International Child Sexual Exploitation Database (ICSE) hosted at Interpol is an integral part of the VIDTF model.

This allows investigators with access to ICSE to contribute to the effort while it is taking place and afterwards. In VIDTF 3 the different teams uploaded 265 new contributions to ICSE and made more than 350 additions to existing contributions, therefore increasing the chances of the victims depicted being identified and safeguarded.

Another significant part of the work is using existing techniques and developing new techniques to gather information from images and video files. Experts worked extensively on this and shared the new knowledge with their colleagues.

Victim identification experts participated from Interpol and law enforcement agencies in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA.