 The first case of abuse in the "Praxe" involving court action against 6 perpetrators, happened in 2003 at an agricultural polytechnic institution from Santarém – the "Escola Agrária de Santarém of the Instituto Politécnico de Santarém" involving – among other things – forced facial contact with pig excrement.Driven by a driver of the polytechnic, a van from the school was used in the process.In 2008, the students were convicted of the crimes of bodily harm and coercion.