Homens de confiança e meios enganosos de obtenção da prova

: contributo para a definição dos limites de admissibilidade á luz do art. 126º, nº 2, al. a do CPP

Abstract

The intervention of undercover agents – occult method for criminal investigation
in which the provoking agents, the infiltrators and the plain-clothes agents may be
distinguished – is usually referred as “deceitful means” of evidence, which are
prohibited by the article 126º/2/a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The present work aims to delimitate the referred legal concept in order to determine whether undercover agents are admissible as a method of obtaining evidences in the Portuguese Criminal Procedure

Date of Award	2013
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	José Damião da Cunha (Supervisor)