PJ inspectors will have received thousands of euros to halt investigations – publico

 
         

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
 

A chief inspector of the Judicial Police (PJ) and also renovated PJ coordinator were arrested Tuesday along with 13 other men on suspicion of active and passive corruption, money laundering, criminal association and drug trafficking.

Both have received at least the last two years, thousands of euros traffickers. The alleged bribery, have caught investigations ignored suspected cases of drug trafficking not averiguavam and passed information to those who paid them. In addition to large monetary amounts, the two policemen have also received other kind of financial advantage.

For traffickers, the two researchers had a privileged place in the Judicial Police, important to their interests. Chief Inspector working for several years at the National Unit for Combating Drug Trafficking (UNCTE) PJ, where the retired engineer also worked until retiring about two years. . It was precisely then that the Judicial Police began investigating the two policemen by inspectors of the National Anti-Corruption Unit

The chief inspector of the PJ and the retired engineer were arrested as part of a mega-operation – to which the PJ named Achilles -. which began early on Tuesday and continues in the afternoon

“As part of an investigation research in the Department Center of Investigation and Penal Action (DCIAP) are underway several steps, including searches in the areas of Lisbon and Porto, and arrest warrants were issued, “but said the Attorney General’s Office.

the operation is being carried out all over the country, but mainly focuses in the areas of Lisbon and Porto. Account on the ground with 250 PJ inspectors and includes conducting about 120 domiciliary and no house searches. In the operation have to inspectors from various units that police, including UNCTE that the two detainees knew well.

The Houses of chief inspector and retired engineer were searched by fellow inspectors on the morning of Tuesday which have taken important documentation for the course of the investigation.

in total, as part of a survey developed by DCIAP, they were arrested Tuesday “15 men, aged between 39 and 61 years suspected of authorship of active corruption offenses and passive corruption for illicit acts, money laundering and drug trafficking, “said PJ in a statement.