Author Profile
(Google Translation)
Gonçalo Amaral de Sousa was born on 2 October 1959 in the village of Torredeita near Viseu. He studied engineering at ISEL and IST. In 1992/1997 he studied at night time, the Law School of Lisbon, has a degree in Legal Science and Criminal. He joined the Administrative Service in 1973, aged 14.
In November 1981 started the training course for officers of the Judicial Police, having taken office in 1982 as an Agent. In 1997/1998 he attended the course of Sub-Inspectors of the PJ, being ranked first among 100 students. In 2000/2001 he completed the course coordinators PJ. Held office in Lisbon, Algarve and the Azores.
For years he pursued, effectively, all sorts of violent and organized crime: thefts, robberies, murders, drug trafficking. He had a spotless career, widely recognized by colleagues and superiors, as well as judges and prosecutors, by court officials and lawyers, who had the pleasure of dealing for many years.
Its maxim that "justice is done in silence." Operational Coordinator of the investigations was the 'Maddie case', between 3 May and 2 October 2007, having then been removed from the investigation, an act unprecedented in the history of the Judicial Police.
He retired on July 1, 2008, after 27 years of his police career in order to restore the fullness of their freedom of expression on the case investigating and contributing to the extent possible, to establish the truth and material achievement of justice.
It is considered a birth by Beira, Algarve Lisbon by migration and by adoption. (My guess is that this is more correctly translated to mean something close to "He considers himself a resident of Beira by birth and of Lisbon and the Algarve by migration and adoption.")
He is married and has three daughters.
ORIGINAL PORTUGUESE TEXT:
http://truthcannotbesilenced.blogspot.com/
