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STORY: Jose Socrates, Portugal's former prime minister, arrived escorted by police at a Lisbon court on Saturday (November 22) to be questioned in an investigation of suspected tax fraud, corruption and money-laundering.
Portuguese police have arrested the former Socialist prime minister and three other people, the Prosecutor General's office said on Saturday.
The arrest, the first involving a former premier in Portugal, follows detentions of other prominent people in separate inquiries in the past few months as prosecutors intensify a fight against corruption in a country notorious for its slow justice system.
The Prosecutor-General's office said in a statement that Socrates, 57, who was detained late on Friday, would be brought before a criminal judge for questioning on Saturday regarding an investigation of suspicious banking operations and money transfers.
Portugal's official news agency Lusa said police arrested Socra
