Three ex- judges formally charged over corruption investigation Operation Lex
Three ex-judges and president of Benfica LuĂs Filipe Vieira have today been formally charged – along with 13 others – over corruption investigation Operation Lex. The timing in the case
Political elites âleft outâ of national strategy to combat corruption
It was presented 10 days ago, but now those who have had time to study it say proposals for a âtough new national strategy to combat corruptionâ actually âleave outâ
National strategy to combat corruption and âsave âŹ18.2 billion a yearâ approved ahead of whistleblower trial
Less than a day before the trial of whistleblower Rui Pinto opened in Lisbon, the Council of Ministers finally approved Portugalâs ânational strategy for the combat of corruptionâ. Says ECO
Albufeira mayor cited in corruption probe
Albufeira mayor JosĂ© Carlos Rolo – in the role a little over a year – has been cited in a new corruption investigation, along with Paulo Freitas, president of the
120 mayors and council officials to be made âarguidosâ in Ether fraud investigation
Operation Ether, a tentacular probe into fraud involving interactive tourism outlets, is expected to cite no less than 120 mayors and council officials as âarguidosâ (official suspects). The reason, explain
Former MEP Ana Gomes faces new case for defamation
Anti-corruption activist and former MEP Ana Gomes has seen herself cited as an âarguidaâ in a case brought against her for defamation by Douro Azul shipping boss MĂĄrio Ferreira. Ferreira
BPPâs guilty bankers âpay their way out of jailâ
Four years since their trial started, over eight years since the banking fraud was discovered, BPPâs former top men, principally JoĂŁo Rendeiro, Paulo Guichard and Salvador Fezes Vital, have all
Tutti Frutti – or âTutti Corruptiâ: new investigation into alleged institutional corruption
As if we already didnât have enough corruption investigations with odd names, âtutti fruttiâ, or as one respected commentator has dubbed it: âtutti corruptiâ, has been added to the pile.
Shipping boss warns Portugalâs âanti-corruptionâ champion âdonât play with usâ
In an extraordinary outburst, shipping boss MĂĄrio Ferreira has warned the Euro MP acknowledged as Portugalâs strongest voice against corruption that there is nowhere she can hide. Ana Gomes has
Golden visa corruption trial delayed by need to translate 500 pages into Mandarin Chinese
The long-running prosecution into alleged corruption in the issuing of Portuguese âgoldenâ residency visas to wealthy foreigners – most of them Chinese – has been stymied by the fact that