The European Prosecutor's Office revealed that 28 million euros were diverted to Portugal within the scope of the fuel fraud case in Spain. This investigation, known as the hydrocarbons case, is currently being tried in Spain.
The case has at its center Víctor de Aldama, a central figure in a fraud network that involved the manipulation of the fuel trading system. The European investigation tracked the flow of funds that passed through Portuguese territory.
It was Portugal that initiated the investigation after detecting suspicious transactions that indicated illicit financial movements related to fuel tax fraud. The collaboration between Portuguese and Spanish judicial authorities made it possible to identify the diversion of funds to Portugal.
The case is part of a broader process that involved alleged VAT fraud and special fuel taxes, with ramifications in several European countries. The European Prosecutor's Office has been coordinating the cross-border investigations related to this fraud network.
