Pakistani lawyer who purchased Sócrates’ apartment hits back at money-laundering claims
Pakistani lawyer Ali Khan is at the centre of money-laundering claims since he bought the Lisbon apartment of jailed former prime minister José Sócrates. According Portuguese press reports, the minute
Sócrates sells Lisbon apartment to Golden Visa hopeful from Pakistan
Behind bars he may be, but former prime minister José Sócrates has ways of getting things done all the same. He has just managed to sell his Lisbon apartment –
Conflicting demos outside Sócrates’ jail marked by “high tension”, insults and allegations of attempted murder
Two conflicting protests on Sunday outside Évora prison and centring on jailed former prime minister José Sócrates saw tensions running high as one group accused the other of attempted murder.
Taxman slaps “legal claim” on Sócrates’ €270,000 Lisbon apartment
Portugal’s tax authority has put a holding order on Sócrates’ prime-location Lisbon apartment due to non-payment of a €5,860 debt. The exact figure of the sum in question is given
Two new Algarve resorts plunged into Sócrates’ corruption spotlight
With the arrest of former banker and disgraced Socialist minister Armando Vara comes news that two further Algarve developments are thought to be connected with Portugal’s politically embarrassing Operation Marquês
Sócrates jail bosses threaten PJ whistleblower with 22 hours per day in cell
His prison blog has delighted thousands with stories of how jailed former prime minister José Sócrates was dealing with a cell infestation by fleas, and being delivered a regular supply
Sócrates’ former environment minister “stupefied” by Vale do Lobo allegations
A former environment minister during José Sócrates’ years in power has told Expresso he is “stupefied” by allegations that the former Socialist leader delayed planning laws to benefit the Algarve’s
Lisbon judge slams case against Sócrates, saying there is no proof
Lisbon judge José Reis has gone on record saying he sees no proof of corruption in the so-called “complex case” against jailed former prime minister José Sócrates. If it was
Belligerent Sócrates set to “swelter behind bars” through Alentejo summer
The refusal of jailed former prime minister José Sócrates to wear an electronic bracelet if remanded to house arrest has meant that he will now almost certainly remain another three
Sócrates’ Vale do Lobo connection – Did it extend to the manipulation of PROTAL?
As the nation’s media is focused on whether or not jailed former prime minister José Sócrates is about to leave jail for house arrest, Operation Marquês – the labyrinthine investigation