Former BES banker’s defence calls for suspension of fraud case due to Alzheimer’s
Seven years since BES bank collapsed, allegedly due to the underhand dealings of its masters led by ‘boss of all this’ Ricardo Salgado, Mr Salgado’s defence lawyers have called for
Controversial judge “tried to block wiretapping of Daesh Iraqis”
Controversial judge Ivo Rosa tried to block public prosecutors from listening in on the private conversations of Iraqi brothers linked to radical Islamic terrorist group Daesh and now held in
Judge in charge of one of Portugal’s largest corruption cases “forced to take bus” on arrival in Madeira
Judge Ivo Rosa, the controversial judge ‘in charge’ of the Marquês corruption case involving former prime minister José Sócrates, had an ignominious arrival in Madeira for his summer holidays on
Former BES banker Ricardo Salgado with “preliminary signs of Alzheimer’s disease”
Just home from a holiday in Sardinia – where Portuguese holidaymakers describe him speaking French in order to divert their attentions – former BES banker Ricardo Salgado is once again
Novo bombshell: Accounts Court says taxpayers paying to bailout Novo Banco, final bill could top €10 billion
After all the expedient political spin, Portugal’s Accounts Court has come out and said it: it is the country’s taxpayers who are footing the bill to ‘bailout’ Novo Banco “contrary
Prosecutors home in on some of BESA’s missing millions as Public ministry “confesses incapacity” in tackling mega-cases
Tabloid Correio da Manhã today carries a detailed story pointing to the destination of at least some of BES Angola’s “missing millions” (click here) – but a text in Sábado
Marcelo dubs ‘mega-cases’ like BES “good news”
It’s a strange way to classify endless law cases centring on apparent institutional corruption, but President Marcelo has dubbed as “good news” the fact that his long-standing friend and former
Former banking boss Salgado to be accused of “leading a criminal organisation” within BES
Six years on from the collapse of his family’s private bank, BES (Banco Espírito Santo), Ricardo Salgado stands poised to be accused of leading a criminal organisation with the bank.
Former BES boss told he really must pay €3.7 million fine
Months away now from being formally charged over the catastrophic collapse of BES bank, former banking ‘boss-of-all-this’ Ricardo Salgado has learnt that he must indeed pay the €3.7 million fine
Novo Banco wants another billion euro cash injection for ‘recapitalisation’
Novo Banco – the good bank that rose from the toxic ashes of BES – has put in a request for another billion euro cash-injection. The money will come from