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Paulo Abreu dos Santos, former deputy to former Minister of Justice Catarina Sarmento e Castro.
Paulo Abreu dos Santos allegedly accessed child pornography videos from the Ministry of Justice office, where he worked between 2023 and 2024. He is suspected of sexual abuse of children directly carried out by himself, who filmed the acts with a cell phone.
Paulo Abreu dos Santos was assistant of the previous Minister of Justice of the Socialist Government (2022-2024), Catarina Sarmento e Castro.
The 38-year-old lawyer was arrested this Saturday and was remanded in custody on suspicion of hundreds of crimes child pornography and child sexual abuse.
The news was advanced by , which reveals that Paulo Abreu dos Santos is suspected of sexual abuse of children directly carried out by himself, who filmed the acts with a cell phone.
The same television channel said that Catarina Sarmento e Castro’s former assistant allegedly accessed child pornography videos from the Ministry of Justice office.
Paulo Abreu dos Santos was Catarina Sarmento e Castro’s assistant between 2023 and 2024. He was arrested on Thursday by the Judiciary Police and, according to TVI/CNN, he was caught red-handed during a search of his residence.
It was at the suspect’s residence that the police found the files who incriminate him for sexual crimes involving minors. In question, videos with shocking images, of children between the ages of 4 and 14 being abused.
Your name will emerged from an investigation originating in the USA on the Signal and Telegram platforms.
The court determined the preventive detention of the defendant, aged 38.
According to , Paulo Jorge Abreu dos Santos has a degree in Law and developed professional activity as a lawyer and assessor, particularly in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation, insolvency and arbitration.
