The NOW channel has stated that the Lisbon Court of Appeal has confirmed strong indications of corruption within the scope of “Operation Zarco,” an investigation launched on the 24th of January 2024, which involved about 130 searches in Madeira, the Azores, and the mainland. According to the same station, the…
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Financial analyst Catarina Castro, who was President of the regional delegation of SEDES – Association for Economic Development, is being investigated by the Judiciary Police and the Ministry of Social Affairs. Following criminal proceedings for alleged fraud and abuse of trust that have harmed several Madeirans, including former MEP Sérgio…
A new digital fraud relating to refunds for flight delays is circulating in Madeira. Scammers are posing as TAP Air Portugal employees, sending emails to residents claiming they’re entitled to financial compensation for flight delays of over three hours. They then direct recipients to click on a fraudulent link. If…
During a plenary speech as part of a government discussion to combat tax fraud, the CHEGA deputy, Francisco Gomes, accused the Government of the Republic of “turning a blind eye to corruption associated with the PSD-Madeira.” According to the deputy, the executive demonstrates a posture of connivance in proposing measures…
The Judiciary Police (PJ) confirmed, in a statement, that searches were carried out in several public entities in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, as part of investigations into suspected economic crimes and abuse of power, following the steps already reported yesterday by DIÁRIO. According to the PJ, through the Criminal…
Yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ)Inspectors carried out a series of searches at the premises of the Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures and the Institute of Mobility and Transport. Today, the PJ searched the offices of the Municipality of Santa Cruz. The Regional Secretariat for Equipment and Infrastructures told reporters that…
The former regional Secretary of Health of Madeira, Pedro Ramos, said today that the Court of Auditors’ audit report, which identified irregularities in the Integrated Continued Care Network, reveals ignorance and is offensive to health professionals. Speaking at the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, the former secretary contested the audit of…
The Atalaia Living Care Association today rejected the conclusions of the Court of Auditors’ (TdC) audit report on the agreements with public funding between the Government of Madeira and private associations in the health area. The president of the association, Tony Saramago, said that the data in the report targeting…
The Judiciary Police (PJ) coordinated, in the districts of Lisbon and Funchal, an operation to combat fraud in the allocation of European funds for reforestation projects in Madeira, with damages estimated at more than 3.6 million euros, as part of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and…
Madeira is mentioned three times in almost 3.5 million files of documents, images, and videos of the Jeffrey Epstein case. But only in an indirect way and not linked to the criminal activities of the American pedophile. The reference concerns an email sent on the 17th of October 2010 to…
The Madeira District Court opened proceedings today against a network accused of forging air travel documents and unlawfully collecting the Social Mobility Allowance at CTT offices, with some of the 42 defendants already admitting to the charges. The trial, which was attended by 30 defendants, two of whom were in…
The Funchal City Council (CMF) Socialist Party councilor questioned the PSD/CDS executive at last week’s city council meeting about the promised revision of the municipal regulation on Local Accommodation (AL). According to a statement, Rui Caetano warned of the provisional suspension of new AL registrations, with a maximum duration of…
Today, the Judiciary Police arrested an endocrinologist suspected of involvement in a fraudulent scheme to prescribe medicines covered by the National Health Service (SNS), in an operation that had a major focus in Funchal. The investigation, conducted by the PJ’s Northern Directorate, included several searches in different cities of the…
The Director of the Judiciary Police today confirmed that searches were carried out at Portuguese airline TAP as part of an investigation led by the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP). ““We are providing full support to the investigation conducted by the Institution, following a request from the…
Miguel Albuquerque assured that the Regional Government is “fully available” to collaborate with the judicial authorities in the proceedings taking place at the Madeira Electricity Company (EEM). Elements of the Judiciary Police and of the Public Prosecutor’s Office carried out, this Tuesday, diligences at the Electricity Company of Madeira, an…