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Portugal’s spy who came in from the cold

June 6, 2012 by João Vasco Almeida Leave a Comment

Jorge Silva Carvalho.

Jorge Silva Carvalho is a Portuguese former spy who was in charge of the country’s external intelligence services from 2008 until 2011. Well-connected and ambitious, Carvalho had dreamed of one day being appointed interior minister. But instead he was seduced, in 2011, by a better job: internal “agent” at a private company, Ongoing, a media outlet run by Nuno Vasconcelos with Angolan capital. But the former spy is now in the eye of the hurricane, after public prosecutors charged him with abusing his position, corruption and violating state secrets. According to those charges, Carvalho, after signing a lucrative contract with Ongoing, used his connections within the Portuguese secret … [Read more...] about Portugal’s spy who came in from the cold

Filed Under: Featured, Politics, Portugal News Tagged With: media, portugal, portugal economy, portugal news, portugal politics, prime minister, Silva Carvalho

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