The court found that the main defendant, accused of leading an international paedophilia network from Águeda in the Aveiro district, has committed 30 crimes of child sexual abuse and a crime of child pornography.

The other defendant was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the court found that he committed 14 crimes of sexual abuse of children and a crime of child pornography.

The remaining four defendants in the case were acquitted, as it was not considered proven to have knowledge of the acts of the other two men.