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Lawyer Miguel Matias explained, to SIC Notícias, the legal contours that may be behind this police operation that involved the 37 -year -old artist, who was not detained but constituted defendant por lanchament of capital.
The singer this Tuesday, As part of an operation of the Judicial Police (PJ) aimed at combating drug trafficking.
According to lawyer Miguel Matias explained, to SIC Notícias, The crime of money laundering of capital is always associated with a previous crime.
“In this specific case, so the news indicates, it may be a crime of laundering capital to hide the benefits or illicit income obtained through drug trafficking,” said the lawyer.
These income can be converted into goods such as real estate or cars and “serve to hide the illicit income obtained in this case with apparent drug trafficking.”
About the fact that Having been a defendant but not detained, Miguel Matias explains that the detention depends on the concrete circumstances:
“People can be detained in the act of or out of the act, namely if they are found sickful products. However, even if there is no detention, they can be called to appear before a criminal instruction judge for the application of coercion measures different from the identity and residence term.”
What is the criminal frame for drug trafficking and money laundering?
Both drug trafficking and capital laundering are crimes graves punished with prison penalties that can reach the 12 years in prisonbut which can be aggravated in certain circumstances, namely in the case of the criminal association.
About the history of problems that Nininho Vaz Maia has cOM Justice, namely the house arrest for three years following a feud in 2013, the lawyer clarifies that those who have registration, were tried, with res judicata, or convicted, that will be taken into account at the time of possible penalties.
For now, Nininho Vaz Maia is subject to the less serious coercion measure – the Identity and Residence Term – but the lawyer does not rule out the possibility of being detained later, depending on the development of the investigation itself.
Avelino Abel Vaz Maia, better known as Nininho Vaz Maia, It is currently one of the most popular names of music in Portugal. Recently, Arena and was a jury on the television show The Voice Kids.
