Portugal Arrests Former Congressman Charged With Murdering His Secretary in Brazil on Embezzlement and Money Laundering Charges

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Author: 

Bruce Zagaris

Date Published: 

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Volume: 

28

Issue: 

1

Subject Areas: 

Extradition
Money Laundering
Murder

Geographic Identifier: 

Brazil
Portugal

Abstract: 

 

In November  2011, the Portuguese government detained Domingos Duarte Lima, 55 years old, an attorney and former Portuguese member of Congress, who is accused of killing his secretary, Rosalina da Silva Cardoso Ribeiro, in Saquarema (region of Lagos) on December 7, 2009.1



                1               Fábio Grellet, Jailed in Portugal accused of killing a millionaire in Rio (Preso em Portugal acusado de matar millionária no Rio), Estado de Sao Paulo, Nov. 17, 2011.