Parking Offences in Portugal

[ljsanders]

In August 2013 (18 months ago) I visited Faro, Portugal. I hired a car with GoldCar, within 30 minutes of hiring the car, unbeknown to me I received a ticket for entering a no-go zone at Faro airport.

 

I didn't know about this until I was back in the UK, 3 months later, I received a ticket in the post from the authorities at Faro Airport. The ticket was written all in Portuguese, so I had to get it translated!

 

The rental company, charged 40ukp to my credit card for the privilege of passing my passport and DVLA details to the portuguese authorities!

 

The ticket itself was for only 24 euros and is from the Autoridade Nacional Seguranca Rodoviaria (ANSR)

 

The ticket payment method wasn't easy. As they had to get me to pay into a IBAN account with a BIC id. I ended up doing a Western Union payment to the IBAN number on the ticket, using my credit card, specifying the ticket details as the payee reference.

 

I then emailed the parking authorities that I sent a Western Union transfer to them with the details.

 

Today, I got an email from the Portuguese Authorities at Faro saying they can't find details of the payment and I should forward on the payment details, who I sent it to etc.

 

So now its 18 months later, I no longer have the credit card I used for the Western Union transfer (or the card I used with Goldcar). The Western Union site doesn't have my account payment details and I no longer have the ticket.

 

Any ideas how to proceed? Do I just ignore it?

 

What jurisdiction do these people (ANSR) in Portugal have? Can they come after me?

What if I return to Portugal, can the passport control refuse entry into Portugal or imprison me?

 

I don't think I'm likely to go back to Portugal any time soon.

 

Would be grateful for the any advice please?

 

Thanks.

Lee

[dx100uk]

yes ignore it

looking other info on the net

this is the same as the spoofer PPC's in this country

 

 

dx