Luís Rosa and lawyer Pedro Marinho Falcão discuss the resumption of the Operation Marquês trial, and Pedro Delille's withdrawal from Sócrates's defence, a pattern later repeated by José Preto.
Marquês: "The tactic of being left without a lawyer is not new"
Tuesday, 13 January 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Operation Marquês (Operação Marquês) is a major criminal investigation opened in 2013 into alleged corruption, money laundering and tax crimes involving high-profile figures, including former prime minister José Sócrates, and it led to arrests in 2014. The case has been one of Portugal's largest anti-corruption probes and has influenced public debate about accountability and the justice system.
