The preference for the country is due, above all, to issues of cultural and linguistic proximityas well as the fact that Portugal be “the first country to border the Atlantic with Latin America”.
The world’s main drug trafficking cartels are operating in Portugal, not only from Brazil and Latin America, but also from Eastern and Northern Europe.
According to the newspaper, All the main criminal trafficking groups are currently active in Portugal: the Brazilian PCC and Comando Vermelho, the Gulf Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel of Latin America, the Balkan cartels and Albanian clans of Eastern Europe, and the Danish NNV of Northern Europe.
According to the national director of the Judiciary Police, Luís Neves, these criminal organizations represent a high risk, in particular the Brazilian groups PCC and Comando Vermelho.
In the statements he gave to the Expressthe national director of the Judiciary Police, Luís Neves, also admitted that the pressure exerted by authorities in countries of origin of these groups has been one of the reasons why an increasing number of elements are seeking refuge in Portugal.
Portugal is the European country with the largest number of PCC members
According to the Public Ministry of São Paulo, Portugal is the European country with the largest number of PCC memberswith a record of 87 in the national territory, with a third being infiltrated in prisons, places considered strategic for recruitment.
Only Paraguay, Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay have more PCC members than Portugal.
The preference for the country is due, above all, to issues of cultural and linguistic proximityas well as the fact that Portugal be “the first country to border the Atlantic with Latin America”.
The arrival of large quantities of cocaine in Europe also makes Portugal an attractive destination, as it generates high profits for these organizations, associated with money laundering and corruption.
