The Polícia Judiciária (PJ) reported that, during an investigation initiated in 2024 and led by the Amadora Public Prosecutor’s Office (DIAP), the National Unit for Combating Cybercrime and Technological Crime (UNC3T) successfully gathered substantial evidence demonstrating the existence of a structure dedicated to money laundering using online gambling platforms.
A 30-year-old suspect, the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by Portuguese authorities, had fled to the United Kingdom in April and was located this month in Spain, where he was arrested and subsequently extradited to Portugal.
After being handed over by Spanish authorities last week at the Caya/Elvas land border (Spain), he was brought before the Criminal Instruction Court of the District of Amadora for an initial judicial interrogation. The court imposed preventive detention on him while awaiting further proceedings.
This operation by the PJ, through UNC3T, also involved the International Cooperation Unit (UCI), and the suspect is “strongly indicated for crimes of money laundering originating from illicit access and computer fraud.”
