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The 42-year-old man was caught in 2013 with a fake driver's licence during a police operation in Minas Gerais. He faces up to six years in prison and possible extradition.
The suspect may be sentenced to six years in prison in Brazil
Mariana Fonseca and her then-partner, Maria Malveira, killed and dismembered Diogo Gonçalves as part of a plan to receive inheritance money.
A Dutch national wanted by French authorities for drug trafficking has consented to face trial in that country. The arrest was carried out by the PJ in Faro.
First part of the 'Investigação CM' from Monday, March 16, 2026.
Mariana Fonseca and her then-partner, Maria Malveira, killed and dismembered Diogo Gonçalves as part of a plan to receive inheritance money.
The man was arrested following a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by the French judicial authorities.
Former nurse sentenced to 23 years in prison for the 2020 murder of Diogo Gonçalves in the Algarve.
The man, detected and arrested by the Criminal Information Unit on March 2nd, is suspected of belonging to a gang and participating in an organised conflict in Manchester, where he is a murder suspect.
The suspect returned to Portugal after committing crimes of qualified homicide and qualified bodily harm.
The man was arrested by the Criminal Information Unit on March 2nd in Lisbon. After the crimes, the suspect returned to Portugal, where he was working in construction without being declared.
The suspect, detained by the PJ in Nisa, was handed over to the Spanish authorities this Friday. The crimes occurred following the sale of narcotics in March 2025.
The man was arrested last November in Nisa.
Former nurse sentenced to 23 years in prison for the 2020 murder of Diogo Gonçalves in the Algarve.
The man was arrested on Tuesday for illegal possession of a weapon, a crime for which he was already wanted in Brazil. After appearing in court in Évora, it was decided that he would await extradition in prison.
The suspect appeared at the Évora Court of Appeal and did not consent to extradition to Brazil, where he was wanted for illegal possession of a weapon.
The arrest occurred following an arrest warrant issued by Brazilian judicial authorities for the crime of fraud.
Five years after the crime that took the life of Diogo Gonçalves, a 21-year-old, the international criminal justice system proves that, even when imperfect and slow, it has a memory.
The 23-year-old citizen has been sentenced to 14 years in prison in the United Kingdom for drug trafficking.
Mariana will be brought before a judge in Indonesia for the homicide and may eventually be extradited.
The detainee was part of a network that, in exchange for large sums of money, facilitated and smuggled undocumented migrants into Spain.
A 45-year-old man is 'suspected of belonging to a criminal network dedicated to the crime of facilitating illegal immigration'; he was handed over to Morocco, which had issued an international arrest warrant.
A 28-year-old Portuguese national sought by British authorities for a murder committed in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, over three years ago, has been ‘localised and detained’, in the western region of The post Suspect in Irish homicide run to ground by PJ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
A man wanted by German authorities for assaulting and raping a woman on three occasions in 2023 has been detained by Portugal’s Judicial Police in Porto. He will be presented to the Porto Court of Appeal as Portuguese authorities consider the German request and possible extradition; under the charges he could face up to 15 years’ imprisonment. The arrest underscores cross‑border cooperation in serious sexual‑violence cases and the next legal steps will determine whether he is surrendered to Germany or prosecuted in Portugal.
