Marquês: "The tactic of being left without a lawyer is not new"
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.
Operation Marquês: trial resumed — video testimony scheduled from three witnesses who have died since the investigation began
After a 70-day pause, the presentation of evidence resumed on Tuesday morning in the Operation Marquês trial. Former prime minister José Sócrates is the main defendant in a case involving 21 accused and 117 charges of corruption, money laundering and tax fraud. The defendants face economic and financial crimes, notably corruption, money laundering and tax fraud, mainly linked to three dossiers: Grupo Lena, which includes the TGV high-speed rail project; the former telecommunications company Portugal Telecom (PT); and the Vale do Lobo 'resort' in the Algarve, to which Caixa Geral de Depósitos granted a loan now considered ruinous.
Operation Marquês: Sócrates's lawyer discharged, but attendance at court on 13 January uncertain
In the Operation Marquês case, the lawyer representing José Sócrates has been discharged from hospital, but it is unclear whether they will be able to attend the court hearing scheduled for 13 January.
Operation Marquês: Court of Appeal rules that related minor case must be tried separately
The Lisbon Court of Appeal has ruled that the separate case linked to Operation Marquês, in which José Sócrates and Carlos Santos Silva are defendants, should not be joined to the main trial already underway and must be tried separately.
Constitutional Court "fed up" with Ricardo Salgado's appeals confirms eight-year prison sentence
Judges criticised the defence of the former banker for using “manifestly anomalous means” to delay the decision from Operation Marquês becoming final and unappealable.
