It is now known that the case was detected by the US Department of Homeland Security. In addition to receiving and sharing, the former assistant will have filmed at least three videos in which he performs sexual acts.
The former deputy of the Ministry of Justice accused of child abuse, Paulo Abreu dos Santos, was in the most serious measure of coercion. The judge understood that there could be continuation of criminal activity and concealment of evidence.
Alarm was raised in the USA
It was the United States Department of National Security that detected that a computer from the Portuguese State, more specifically from the Ministry of Justice, was used to receiving and sharing child pornography.
Under the authority of the Lisbon Department of Investigation and Criminal Action, it was during the searches that the PJ identified self-produced videos.
Paulo filmed at least three videos
According to what SIC found, on Paulo Abreu dos Santos’ cell phone there would be at least three films in which he himself performs sexual acts of relief that do not include penetration.
Authorities also found hundreds of international files accessing and sharing child pornography.
Confronted with the existence of the images during interrogation, the former deputy of the Ministry of Justice . Admitted to being a consumer of child pornography and will have committed crimes before 2023.
The evidence collected would be on the cell phone, computer and also on flash drives.
It was the suspect himself who revealed the identities of at least two children. They will be around 10 years old and one of them is a relative of someone close to the lawyer.
Who is Paulo Abreu dos Santos?
The lawyer is 38 years old and joined Catarina Sarmento e Castro’s office on October 6, 2022, having served as deputy to the former minister.
He was an assistant professor guest at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and worked at a law firm, which has already announced the suspension of the contractual relationship.
