The Nexus operation encompasses crimes including passive corruption, economic participation in business, illicit receipt of advantages, document forgery, and abuse of power. To date, the Judicial Police have detained seven suspects, the latest of whom was apprehended at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon on Saturday upon his arrival in Portugal.
Following an initial judicial interrogation, the Criminal Investigation Court (TIC) of Porto found the suspect “strongly indicted” for passive corruption, economic participation in business, and abuse of power.
A statement by the Presiding Judge of the Judicial District Court of Porto indicated that the TIC perceived a “risk of hindrance to the inquiry or procedural instruction, notably, danger to the acquisition, preservation, or veracity of evidence and the risk of continuation of criminal activity and serious disturbance of public order and tranquility.”
As per the press release, the defendant heard today will await trial under house arrest with electronic surveillance. Furthermore, they are prohibited from contacting, by any means, other defendants and witnesses already questioned and any participant in the procedures at hand.
Previously, on Tuesday, six people were arrested as part of this operation for suspected corruption and fraud in acquiring computer systems by universities and public schools, financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).
Two of the six suspects are held in preventive custody, while three others have been suspended from their duties and are prohibited from contacting each other. One suspect was released after posting bail, as revealed by a judicial source.
