Complaints about ‘functioning of Portuguese Justice’ more than double during pandemic
Complaints from everyday citizens about the functioning (or rather ‘malfunctioning’) of Portuguese Justice have ‘more than doubled’ during the two years of the pandemic. As this story centres on a
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
Hope for fleeced BES investors
Almost six years since Portugal woke up to financial horrors unleashed by the collapse of BES, judges have concluded that they can’t decide whether or not Portugal’s banking regulator –
DCIAP to move forwards with criminal charges over BES collapse over five years ago
Criminal charges against former BES boss Ricardo Salgado and 33 others cited in the BES/ GES ‘investigation’ are expected to be formalised by DCIAP – the department of criminal investigation
Former BES boss loses final appeal against €3.7 million fine
Former BES bank boss Ricardo Salgado has reached the end of the appeal process against a fine imposed by the Bank of Portugal for ruinous management that led to the
Anti-corruption MEP “can’t work out” why BES ‘boss-of-all this’ remains free
With various stories doing the rounds over the weekend on alleged millions snaffled away by the Espírito Santo clan, anti-corruption MEP Ana Gomes has been speaking in Angola about how
Former BES boss claims clients had more confidence in bad bank than they do in ‘good’ Novo Banco
Less than a day after the good bank that emerged from the BES collapse posted historic losses of almost one billion euros, former BES ‘boss of this all’ Ricardo Salgado
Former BES boss finally walks free
Seven weeks after a judge ruled that former BES boss Ricardo Salgado could leave house arrest, the 71-year-old is finally free to walk out of his Cascais mansion and go
Salgado remains “locked in house arrest” due to lack of funds to post bail
It could be an ingenious game – or it could be a genuine ‘excuse’ – but the truth is that former BES bank lord Ricardo Salgado remains locked under house