Prime Minister of Portugal, Jose Socrates

Jose Socrates (Portugal). The former Socialist prime minister (2005-2011) spent more than nine months in temporary detention before being placed under house arrest in September 2015. After a long investigation, he was formally charged in October 2017 on 31 charges of bribery and other crimes, ...

Former Portuguese socialist prime minister, Jose Socrates, was indicted along with 18 individuals and nine companies in connection with an investigation into suspected tax fraud, corruption and money laundering, the country's prosecutor general's office announced on Wednesday. telechargement 17 ...

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates was officially charged with corruption and money laundering as part of a major anti-corruption investigation that began in 2014, the prosecutor's office said, suspecting him of receiving about EUR 24 million in bribes, France press office said. Socrates is ...

LISBON: Portugal said Wednesday it has charged former socialist prime minister Jose Socrates following a three-year corruption probe, which revealed he may have taken bribes of wine worth millions of euros. The former Portuguese premier was indicted on 31 bribery charges and other crimes, including ...

Portugal's former centre-left PM, Jose Socrates, has been remanded in custody on suspicion of corruption, tax fraud and money laundering. Mr Socrates, 57, was detained on his return from Paris on Friday and has already spent three nights in jail. The judge delivered the decision after investigators looked ...

Jose Socrates was the first Socialist leader to win an absolute majority in Portugal but left politics amid the humiliation of an international bailout and the withering effects of austerity. Now this combative, stylishly dressed former politician is under investigation amid allegations of corruption and money ...

All over the world except Nigeria, former heads of government are made to pay for their transgressions while in office. Former Brazilian President Da Silva has been ordered to serve a 12-year sentence for corruption. Other former Presidents such as, Ollanta Humala and Alberto Fujimori of Peru, and Otto ...