The PJ detained three men suspected of corruption, abuse of power and influence peddling, one of them the chair of the Aveiro local health unit, and the health minister dismissed him on Tuesday. What the police allege, what it means for patients and what happens next in court.
Brazil's Superior Court of Justice convicted retired judge Sandra Inês Rusciolelli Azevedo and her son on 4 November. Público reports they flew to Lisbon in September and are now on Interpol's list, with an extradition request to Portugal authorised.
A Lisbon court sent 56 of the 59 accused in the Tutti Frutti parish contracts case to trial on the prosecution's charges and closed it against three. The criminal procedure code largely bars an appeal. All remain presumed innocent.
At 14:00 a criminal judge reads the decision closing the pre-trial stage in the case over alleged contracts-for-support deals in Lisbon parish councils. Prosecutors charged 60 in February 2025; one has since died. Everyone accused is presumed innocent.
The former prime minister and businessman Carlos Santos Silva face a money laundering case split off from Operação Marquês in 2021. Both deny any crime; Sócrates calls a second, parallel trial "the same absurdity". It is due to run to at least April 2027.
The STJ set a single sentence of eight years and six months for the former economy minister, down from ten, citing the time since the crimes, his age and his clean record. It did not revisit the convictions. His defence is appealing to the Constitutional Court.
Amadeu Guerra says the think tank never secured the European Public Prosecutor's cooperation and had little effect on cases. Its members say prevention, not prosecution, was always the point.
