Always been one of the poorer European countries.
But if you think about where it is situated geographicly its in a good spot for getting the good stuff. The cocaine & Branca (stone ) is also cheap n plentiful their as well.
In Porto their is a big outdoor market in aplace called
Bairro do aleixo.
Its abit scary, Guns n what not n plenty of illegal immigrants from Angola n other parts africa , some ex malitia so they don't really value life the same as most folk.
If you go on You tube theirs afew clips of Bairro do Alexio
http://youtu.be/7GK76VmfZ_E
This is in Portuguese but you can get the jist of things.