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Former Portuguese Prime Minister investigated for corruption

INT:Antonio Costa Pinto, University of LisbonDecember 4, 2014

José Socrates, Portugal's Prime Minister from 2005 -11, has been detained in a high security prison, pending investigation into allegations of corruption, money laundering and tax fraud, allegations which he denies. His arrest is one in a series of unrelated anti fraud and corruption inquiries in Portugal. Emma Wallis talks to Antonio Costa Pinto, a research professor at the University of Lisbon.

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