Three ex- judges formally charged over corruption investigation Operation Lex
Three ex-judges and president of Benfica Luís Filipe Vieira have today been formally charged – along with 13 others – over corruption investigation Operation Lex. The timing in the case
Political elites ‘left out’ 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 ‘tough new national strategy to combat corruption’ actually ‘leave out’
National strategy to combat corruption and ‘save €18.2 billion a year’ 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 Portugal’s ‘national strategy for the combat of corruption’. Says ECO
Albufeira mayor cited in corruption probe
Albufeira mayor José 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 ‘arguidos’ 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 ‘arguidos’ (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 ‘arguida’ in a case brought against her for defamation by Douro Azul shipping boss Mário Ferreira. Ferreira
BPP’s guilty bankers “pay their way out of jail”
Four years since their trial started, over eight years since the banking fraud was discovered, BPP’s former top men, principally João Rendeiro, Paulo Guichard and Salvador Fezes Vital, have all
Tutti Frutti – or ‘Tutti Corrupti”: new investigation into alleged institutional corruption
As if we already didn’t have enough corruption investigations with odd names, ‘tutti frutti’, or as one respected commentator has dubbed it: “tutti corrupti”, has been added to the pile.
Shipping boss warns Portugal’s “anti-corruption” champion “don’t play with us”
In an extraordinary outburst, shipping boss Mário Ferreira has warned the Euro MP acknowledged as Portugal’s 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 “golden” residency visas to wealthy foreigners – most of them Chinese – has been stymied by the fact that