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Home News AIMA overnight queues led to police intervention in Lisbon AIMA overnight queues led to police intervention in Lisbon The AIMA agency in Anjos, Lisbon, was the scene of tense moments on 7 April in the morning, requiring police intervention to control the disorder caused by hundreds of i
Attempts to jump the queue and the large turnout at AIMA in Anjos led the PSP to request police reinforcements as a preventive measure to contain tensions and ensure order among hundreds of people.
The reason was the long queue recorded during the morning. Police have already demobilised. Also in this news bulletin, an analysis of Donald Trump's latest threats to Iran.
200 people waited all night to be served in Anjos. Furthermore, the Minister for State Reform does not feel targeted by Passos Coelho's criticisms regarding the Government's lack of reformist momentum.
The court postponed from today until 25 May the decision regarding a network that allegedly used false addresses in Penha de França, Lisbon, to facilitate the legalisation of immigrants, a judicial source told Lusa today.
The alleged leader of the network confessed to having provided his address for compatriots from Bangladesh to legalise their status, but claimed he did not know it was a crime.
A network is accused of using false addresses in the Penha de França neighbourhood.
The Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office has charged 15 individuals and six companies in a scheme that facilitated illegal immigration by falsifying employment contracts. The operation, called 'Contrato Formoso,' uncovered a network led by Mustafiz Sairniabat, based in Lisbon, which charged migrants around €6,000 for fake documentation and work contracts. Sairniabat allegedly received nearly €449,000 from 2020 to 2025 through these services. The scheme involved creating false employment records, recruiting vulnerable Portuguese citizens to sign fake residence attestations for small payments, and establishing fake companies to legitimize the process. The network's activities resulted in the legal legalization of thousands of migrants using fraudulent documents, highlighting a significant immigration fraud operation in Portugal.
