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Dozens of agents were in groups where videos of crimes of serious torture, rape, assaults and abuse of power were shared and did nothing.
On Wednesday, authorities seven PSP agents following the investigation into crimes of severe torture, rape, assault and abuse of power.
The seven PSP agents on suspicion of the aforementioned crimes, allegedly carried out at the Rato police station, in Lisbon, will await trial in .
Already in January the arrest had been announced and preventive arrest of two other agentsaccused of torture and rape, targeting mainly drug addicts, homeless people and foreigners.
In total, so far, there are nine PSP agents involved in the controversy. However, you know that the process can “drag” around 70 colleagues from several police stations and even some leadership elements involved.
This is because there were Whatsapp and Telegram groups where the main suspects released videos and records of the crimes, but they did nothing to stop such acts.
The morning writer writes, even so, that the number of police who saw the content without doing anything could be higher.
“Reporting is mandatory for police entities, regarding all crimes of which they become aware”reads the Code of Criminal Procedure. Therefore, they may be at stake crimes of omission of assistance and condoning the crime.
The CM writes that only the first two detainees are suspected of violence against 13 people, between May 2024 and March 2025.
One of the reported cases is that of a Moroccan citizen who was allegedly sodomized with a stick by one of the defendants and beaten and then .
