On 4 February 2008, in Ovar, the defendants V. and M., both officers of the National Republican Guard (GNR), acting in accordance with a plan previously drawn and accepted by them both inspected the motor vehicle with the registration…hold by the defendant, company A, Lda., after requesting the vehicle papers and the control records of daily activity. Afterwards, the defendant M. said that he had found irregularities in the rest periods and that the corresponding administrative fine might be of € 2, 8000.00 and asked the driver how “he intended to solve the problem”. The latter answered that the company manager would respond to the situation. Following these facts, at a later, unspecified date, the defendants V. and M. contacted the defendant S., managing partner of the defendant A. Lda., who delivered to them a patrimonial value, of an unspecified amount. The officers then returned the control records of the vehicle’s daily activity. After that payment, the defendants V. and M. did not fine the vehicle, although they detected the existence of road offences. This situation has been repeated with many other companies, in similar terms.