The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) has carried out searches in the Azores and various parts of the mainland for alleged misuse of Santa Clara money by transferring it to administrators’ accounts, the MP said on Monday.
According to a report published on the website of the Central Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Affairs (DCIAP), searches were carried out in residential buildings in Ponta Delgada, Vila Nova de Famalicán, Moimenta da Beira, Espinho, Lisbon, as well as Madeira . Law firms located in Lisbon and the Azores and three Azores companies were also raided.
“We are talking about facts that can constitute the practice of crimes of money laundering, economic participation in business, embezzlement and breach of trust,” the deputy stressed, adding that the DKIAP investigation is being supported by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Azores Judicial Police (PJ).