Loures, Portugal, Dec. 9, 2025 (Lusa) - Portugal's Attorney General said on Tuesday that he expected the preliminary investigation into the Spinumviva case, involving the family of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, to be completed by the start of the Christmas judicial recess on 22 December.
"I hope it will be before the [judicial] holidays," said Amadeu Guerra when asked about a forecast for the outcome of the preliminary investigation into the Spinumviva case, on the sidelines of an event at a school in Loures to mark International Anti-Corruption Day.
The Attorney General also regretted that the documents requested in this regard from Luís Montenegro, Spinumviva and the company's clients had not been "delivered with the speed" that the Public Prosecutor's Office had intended.
In March, Amadeu Guerra announced the opening of a preliminary investigation to assess whether there were facts to proceed with a criminal inquiry into the Spinumviva case.
"I always wanted a quick decision. Now, there are many volumes, a lot of evidence being analysed," he said today.
The controversy surrounding Spinumviva arose following reports in Correio da Manhã newspaper that the company, among other activities, was involved in the purchase and sale of real estate, information that was added to other reports of companies and assets owned by members of the government in the real estate sector, when the government was reviewing the land law, with a possible impact on the valuation of land and houses.
At the same time, Expresso reported that Luís Montenegro's family business received a monthly fee of €4,500 from the Solverde group, which owns casinos and hotels, for "specialised compliance services and the definition of procedures in the field of personal data protection".
On 20 November, the Bar Association announced the closure of an investigation opened by the professional association on suspicion of illegal representation by the company, as there was "insufficient evidence of criminal activity".
Days earlier, the prime minister had said he hoped that the preliminary investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office would be completed “as quickly as possible”.
"What I can hope for is that this happens as quickly as possible. I have always hoped for this from the outset, so I am calm and will wait for that moment," he said, on the sidelines of a visit to the Beneficente Portuguesa do Pará hospital in the Brazilian city of Belém.
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