Paulo Pedroso, Secretary of State and Minister for Labor and Training of Portugal from 1999 to 2001, requested 600,000 euros compensation for his illegal arrest; however, he was only paid 100,000 euros by the state of Portugal.
As Secretary of State and Minister for Labor and Training of Portugal from 1999 to 2001, professor, politician and member of the Portuguese Parliament, he promoted a guarantee minimum income policy for unemployed Portuguese in order to combat poverty (Rendimento Minimo Garantido). Paulo Pedroso requested a compensation of 600,000 euros from the Portuguese Republic on the grounds that his arrest was illegal and destroyed his political career. In September 2008, a Portuguese court ordered the state to pay 100,000 euros ($140,000) to the ex-minister on the grounds that he was wrongly detained on paedophilia charges. 
