Despite a 10-year campaign to get tough on tax evasion, the Portuguese tax authorities have failed to adequately collect taxes from those with obvious signs of outward wealth.
A total of 1,482 Portuguese police from a total of 22,000 are off sick at any one time, according to the police union Sindicato dos Profissionais de Polícia (SPP).
The cost of motoring in Portugal has soared over the past 12 months according to the latest statistics issued by the Portuguese competition authority Autoridade da Concorrência.
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