BES/GES respondents remain silent at the beginning of judgment on corruption in Brazil
In the process, eight defendants received the benefits of about 12 million euros.
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The judgment of the process of the Espirito Santo universe relating to the corruption of former Bonco Do Brassil responsibility, to choose to indicate silence on Tuesday in Lisbon.
The claim had eight defendants in the claim, including their former 80 -year -old banker Ricardo Salgado and the court dismissed the inquiry into the inquiry.
In contact shows, the former president of Banco Espirito Santo (BS) lamented his client’s lack of “cognitive (…) cognitive” and criticized the overlapping of the trial dates, and today’s Bonco Espirito Santo Santo Envola Case.
“This defense is fighting the trawler’s justice, as we have seen here, eliminates the right of the defendant, to seek, attend, and reduce the disease that will prevent him from attending,” said Francisco Proyenica de Carvalho.
Instead, the president of the judges recall that the lawyers could be replaced in sessions by others choosing by an alternative person.
The public prosecution service and the rest of the respondents dismissed the defense of the respondents.
In the first session of the trial, the respondents Zono Alexander Silva, former director of BES Madira and a consultant in Dubai; Homborto Coelho, former employee of the Espirito Santo Group (GES) in Dubai; And Miguel Freetas and Sophia Freetas, lawyers.
The rest of the defendants are the next legal company, Ricardo Salgado and BES/GES Paulo Nasif George and Palo Murta former employees.
Anxiety International trade and money laundering harms corrupted crimesAmong others.
The prosecutor dates back to December 2021 and a teaching decision of the Central Court of Criminal Instruction, which confirmed the July 2024 respondents’ verdict tour.
According to a note from August 2024 of the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action, the suspicious actions of practicing between 2011 and 2014 are related to financing in the interbank monetary market and in the event of documentary credit (credit letters).
Although they did not make allegations, the former vice president of Bonco Do Brazil and suppliers of Venezuela Oil PDVSA further participated.
OS Respondents received the benefits of about 12 million euros.
Oh The verdict will continue on July 7With the trial of witnesses.
