Top officials detained in Portugal for alleged Golden Visa corruption

AO ALTO visa schengenPortuguese criminal police (PJ) yesterday detained several top officials in Lisbon while probing alleged corruption related to the Golden Visa scheme.
Among those detained are Manuel Jarmela Palos, director of the Immigration Customs Service (SEF), Maria Antónia Anes, secretary-general of the Ministry of Justice, and her husband, António Figueiredo, who’s in charge of the Notary and Registry agency. The Golden Visa scheme was launched in 2012 to attract investors to crisis-hit Portugal and requires a minimum investment of 500,000 euros (MOP5m) in property, transfer of funds or creation of jobs. Most of the applicants are Chinese investors, namely from Macau.

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