Corruption – 90 percent believe it’s widespread

**Pedro Silva** Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:43 pm

My friends, this was taken from The Portugal News newspaper:

http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/corruption-90-percent-believe-its-widespread-in-portugal/30552

**bb1** Sat Feb 08, 2014 2:49 pm

In Portugal, although various anti-corruption initiatives have been implemented over the last decade, including new legislation, there is no comprehensive national anti-corruption strategy in place, the European Union said this week in a statement after releasing the first Europe-wide survey on corruption.

The European Commission argued that effective prosecution of high-level corruption cases remains a challenge, which could be one of the reasons behind Portugal’s poor showing.
In this report, the European Commission suggests that Portugal ensures that law enforcement, prosecution and judiciary are well equipped to effectively deal with complex corruption cases, and establishes a convincing track record of corruption cases.
Further preventive action against corrupt practices in party funding should be undertaken, and codes of conduct for elected officials should be developed.
The Commission is also suggesting that further efforts need to be made to adequately address conflicts of interests and asset disclosure of officials at local levels.
Transparency and control mechanisms around public procurement procedures should be strengthened further.
Moreover, said the EC, Portugal should identify risk factors for corruption in local urban planning decisions.
Alongside an analysis of the situation in each EU Member State, the European Commission is also presenting two extensive opinion polls.
More than three quarters of European citizens, and a full 90 percent of the Portuguese, agree that corruption is widespread in their home country.
Portugal scores better than the EU average, however, when citizens are asked whether they have direct experience of corruption – fewer than one percent of the Portuguese say that they have been asked or expected to pay a bribe in the past year, while the European average is four percent. A total of 36 percent of Portuguese citizens consider that they are affected by corruption in their everyday lives.
The EU countries that said corruption was most generalised were Greece (99 percent), Italy (97 percent), Lithuania, Spain and the Czech Republic (95 percent), Croatia (94 percent), Romania (93 percent), Slovenia (91 percent), Portugal and Slovakia (90 percent).
At the opposite side of the table are Denmark (75 percent), Finland (64 percent) and Sweden (54 percent).

**Pedro Silva** Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:45 am

My friends, this was taken from Correio da Manhã newspaper:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/exclusivo-cm/sinais-de-corrupcao-na-judiciaria

investigation

signs of corruption in judiciary .

policemen in the hands of drug barons in South America. Read all at the CM.

**bb1** Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:58 am

Look at the picture:

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Suspicions about elements of Unidadede Combating Trafficking PJ

Some of them are bound to be, there is so much money in drug trafficking in Portugal. And its geographical location and ties to South America make it especially vulnerable.

**Pedro Silva** Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:06 pm

bb1, I agree with you.

**lily** Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:25 pm

Who was involved with that? Pcorneater

**bb1** Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:32 pm

That Gonzo bloke, wasn't it? Dear me, let's hope he wasn't trying to solve his financial problems by arresting small fry while letting the head honchos operate unscathed. Pcorneater

**lily** Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:12 pm

That could really make a guy ill, couldn't it?

**Pedro Silva** Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:30 pm

My friends, this was taken from Jornal de Notícias newspaper:

http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Seguranca/Interior.aspx?content_id=3780257

PJ inspector of Setúbal arrested for alleged corruption

An inspector of the Judicial Police of Setubal was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation by those police.

Source connected to the case, heard by the agency Lusa, did not give further details because the investigation is still continuing.

**bb1** Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:14 pm

Oh my! I will copy that link to the corruption thread in the main section, Pedro. Good find.

**Pedro Silva** Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:18 pm

you welcome bb1.

**Pedro Silva** Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:20 pm

My friends, this was taken from Correio da Manhã newspaper:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/exclusivo-cm/policia-detido-por-corrupcao-negocio-do-ouro-trama-inspetor-da-pj

scandal in the PJ

Police arrested for corruption: Business of gold jeopardizes inspector of PJ

Investigation for corruption catches element of PJ.

**Pedro Silva** Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:27 pm

My friends, this was taken from Expresso newspaper:

http://expresso.sapo.pt/inspetor-da-pj-detido-por-suspeitas-de-corrupcao=f862667#ixzz2xA92jRbc

PJ inspector arrested for suspected of corruption
Investigation in Setúbal after a trade-related gold operation.

An inspector of the Judicial Police of Setúbal is suspected of corruption as part of an operation where they were arrested more than a dozen suspects linked to gold trading.

The inspector, with about 40 years, offered to traders gold operations information from police in return for money, found the Express. He is arrested and will be present tomorrow to court for questioning.

**Pedro Silva** Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:14 pm

My friends, this was taken from Correio da Manhã newspaper:

http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/nacional/portugal/fiscal-da-camara-de-gondomar-detido-a-receber-dinheiro-em-flagrante

corruption

member of the city hall of Gondomar caught in the act of receiving cash.

The 51 year old man was already indicted for the crime of corruption and the judicial police detained him in the act.

The Judicial Police arrested an inspector of the city hall of Gondomar receiving money from an owner of a local work in the act.

The detainee belonged to the area of supervision of urbanism and received money from citizens to interfere in favor of the same licensing procedures.

The 51 year old man was already indicted for the crime of accepting bribes and this will be the first application for judicial interrogation of coercive measures taken by appropriate.

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