Police, public prosecutors search Portuguese banks
The criminal investigation police (PJ) and the public prosecutor's office started 15 searches of banking institutions and company headquarters.
Portugal’s criminal investigation police (PJ) and the public prosecutor’s office on Thursday started 15 searches of banking institutions and company headquarters for suspected crimes of qualified embezzlement, money laundering and qualified tax fraud, a note from the attorney general’s office said.
According to the note, “several searches are being carried out this Thursday to comply with 15 search and seizure warrants at banking institutions, at the headquarters of an association, at homes and at company headquarters.
The criminal investigation is based on facts that may “frame the practice of crimes of qualified embezzlement, money laundering and qualified tax fraud”.
