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Portugal contractor kidnapping and extortion case
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In December 2024 a Portuguese contractor was lured to Torres Vedras with a fake job offer, kidnapped for three hours and threatened with a €40,000 demand. After he escaped, the same group struck again in April 2025, abducting the contractor and his wife at their home in Leiria and repeating threats and extortion. The perpetrators received extortion, prompting a €16,000 payment before fleeing. the perpetrators fled. In July 2026 the National Counter‑Terrorism Unit of the Polícia Judiciária arrested two women and a man, aged 29 to 37, on charges of kidnapping, extortion, robbery and aggravated assault, linking them to the earlier attacks. The operation also saw police deploy a team to investigate alleged vandalism at the parliamentary office of Chega leader André Ventura, unrelated to the kidnapping case. The arrests confirm the suspects’ involvement in the two abductions and the extortion demands, while the parallel vandalism probe remains ongoing.
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- 2026-07-28 15:44 UTC Portugal contractor kidnapping and extortion case
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