The five suspects detained as part of Operation Influential are to remain at PSP facilities in Moscavida, Lisbon, at least until Monday, the day enforcement action could be announced.
Afonso Salema, Diogo Lacerda Machado, Nuno Mascarenhas, Ruy de Oliveira and Vitor Escaria were detained on Tuesday following an investigation into lithium and green hydrogen projects.
We will talk about malfeasance, active and passive corruption among political officials and influence trading. Lithium exploration concessions are currently being explored for the Romano (Montalegre) and Barroso (Boticas) mines; the project for a hydrogen energy plant in Sines, presented by a consortium that has applied for the status of an important project of common European interest (IPCEI); project for the construction of a “data center” developed in the industrial and logistics zone of Sines by the Start Campus company.
Author: Tanya Laranjo
Source: CM Jornal
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