US EditionPortugal Detains Ally of exGuinea-Bissau Leader
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Portugal detains ally of exGuinea-Bissau leader
Portuguese police on Sunday said they had arrested a foreigner who had arrived from military-run Guinea-Bissau for suspected smuggling and money laundering, as local media reported he was a close ally of the African nation's deposed president. The Judicial Police said in a statement that the operation at Lisbon's Figo Maduro military airport early Sunday morning had found around five million euros ($5.9 million) in cash in the detainee's luggage…
Detention took place in the morning of this Sunday at Figo Maduro Military Airport after an anonymous complaint. Suspect is accused of contrabanding and banking capital.
Man, subject to anonymous complaints, was intercepted by the authorities at Figo Maduro airport. He is indicated by crimes of smuggling and banking capital.
It was news that yesterday the Judiciary Police stopped at the military airport of Figo Maduro, in Lisbon, a foreign citizen, near the former president of Guinea-Bissau Sissomo Embalo, who was transporting around five million euros in cash. The man who arrived at a flight from Guinea-Bissau was arrested for suspicion of contrabanding and banking capital. But finally, how can it be transported legally when it is also called liquid money? Content …
A close friend of the former deposed president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, was arrested in possession of €5 million in cash, or more than 3 billion Fcfa, announced various local sources. The man was arrested on the day of 14 December 2025 when he arrived in Lisbon, Portugal, while disembarking [...] Article Guinea-Bissau: more than 3 billion Fcfa in liquid seized in a private jet carrying a close friend of Umaro Sissoco Embaló appear…
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