The beginning of the criminal trial regarding military offset agreements between the Portuguese state and the German Submarine Consortium (GSC) related with Portugal’s purchase of two submarines has been slated for 19 November.
The court will try three top directors from multinational company Man Ferrostal and seven Portuguese businessmen.
The long-drawn up case was spiced up by a love affair between the president of outside consultant INTELI and one of the public prosecutors that advised the criminal investigation department.
The case goes back many years to when current European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso was prime minister and Portugal’s current minister for foreign affairs, Paulo Portas, was minister of defence.
Allegations involve back-handers and dodgy paperwork.
This politically-charged case has been one of the slowest ever in the country and is still being investigated by the police.
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