Portugal’s SEF immigration authority has detained a British man on suspicion of aiding fake Portuguese citizenship, was former indian person

An Indian person , Briton detained on suspicion of aiding fake Portuguese citizenship

Portugal’s SEF immigration authority has detained a British man extradited from the UK who is suspected of being linked to an alleged criminal association that forged documents for foreign citizens to acquire Portuguese nationality, in some cases through sham marriages.

The man is being held in custody pending trial.
His arrest was made in connection to an operation named ‘Magic Book’, which investigated the aforementioned set-up, allegedly conducted by citizens born in the former Portuguese territories of Goa, Daman and Diu.

The suspect was originally detained in Leicester on 2 December last year after a letter of request was sent from Portuguese SEF authorities to their British counterparts asking for home searches.
This was followed by proceedings for the man’s extradition, which culminated in the suspect being transferred to Portugal, where he was brought before a judge and placed in custody.

In a statement SEF explained that its investigation has “allowed the dismantling of a criminal organisation that, in exchange for large sums of cash, sometimes up to €30,000, forged documents to achieve the attribution of Portuguese nationality to foreign citizens, either via original allocation (in some cases posthumously), or via the transcription of marriages.”
Another four suspects are also being held in custody while a further seven have been subject to non-freedom-depriving measures.