Cases of corruption drag on for years; most end up being archived
Corruption cases in Portugal take up to eight years to be prosecuted, and the vast majority (75%) end up being archived. These are the conclusions of the National Anti-Corruption Mechanism
Portuguese court acquits sole suspects in gangland-style execution
Briton Joel Eldridge’s skull had been shattered into more than 40 pieces Three Portuguese judges have acquitted the sole suspects in a hideous gangland-style killing of a young British man
Supreme Court rejects appeal for compensation from parents of Meco six
The tragic and strangely incomplete story surrounding the deaths of six university students on Meco beach in December 2013 has seen bereaved parents ‘fight for compensation’ all the way to
Judge ‘expelled’ following investigation into money-laundering
Suspicions also involve alleged aiding of illegal immigration On a day when politicians ostensibly get to grips with a culture of cronyism and corruption that has been seen to pervade
Court strikes are here to stay, warns union following meeting with minister
President of the Judicial Staff Union, António Marçal, has come out of the first meeting with the new minister of Justice vowing that strikes in the country’s courts “are here
Court of Appeal throws new curved ball into Sócrates saga
The seemingly endless saga of litigation surrounding former Socialist prime minister José Sócrates – famously jailed in 2014/15 over a complicated corruption probe – hit another corner this week as
Former banker’s eight year jail term ‘confirmed’ – but unlikely to be enforced
Judges open door to sentence ‘suspension’ due to Alzheimer’s The agonising saga of whether or not former BES banking president Ricardo Salgado should go to jail for his crimes –
More than 90% of scheduled court sessions disrupted by prison guards’ strike
Strike has postponed at least 1,000 trials, says union The prison guards’ strike – just one of a slew of public sector strikes and works-to-rule that have peppered recent weeks
Judges want new rules, to prevent ‘dramas’ in complex cases
Specifically, to prevent uninformed judges deciding bail measures The fall of two governments in the last few months in the wake of corruption probes that then go pear-shaped at bail
Supreme court ‘accelerates’ investigation into António Costa
… as outgoing PM admits running in 2024 European Elections Cynics may say it is all falling into place nicely: the Supreme Court is accelerating its investigation into whether or