Justice

Portugal’s Public Ministry has formerly charged former Minister of the Economy, Manuel Pinho and ex-banker Ricardo Salgado of corruption. The ex-minister’s wife is also charged with corruption. [...]

A former minister of the Economy and an ex-banker who was once one of the most powerful businessmen in Portugal will know within the next few hours if they will face major corruption charges. [...]

Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for the extradition for Angolan tycoon Isabel dos Santos. It has done so at the request of the Procurator General of Angola according to the [...]

Ivo Rosa, the judge served with deciding the outcome of one of the longest and costliest legal cases in Portuguese history – the case of Banco Espírito Santo (BES) and its ex-board [...]

Portugal has the 10th slowest civil and commercial justice system in the European Union according to data released by the European Commission. It is below the European average when it comes to [...]

A Portuguese banker who presided over the rise and fall of private bank Banco Privado Português between 1996 and 2010 has been found dead in a prison cell in South Africa. João Rendeiro was being [...]

If you read the European Commission’s Rule of Law Report for Portugal it comes out fairly positive compared to some of its EU partners. The European Commission recognises the ongoing measures to [...]

The former head of the Banco Espírito Santo Group (GES), Ricardo Salgado will learn today if he is to go to prison over three crimes of breach of trust. The outcome of the Operation Marques case [...]

Portugal’s public ministry is to push for a 10-year custodial sentence for the former banking tycoon Ricardo Salgado who presided over the fall of Portugal’s oldest and most respected bank, Banco [...]

A former Portuguese minister for the Economy between 2005 and 2011, Manuel Pinho, has had to stump up one of the highest bails ever demanded by Portuguese justice — €6 million. It is believed to [...]