Portuguese Ex-Prime Minister Held Socrates in Tax Probe

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates is one of four people detained in an investigation into tax fraud, money laundering and corruption, the nation’s prosecutor general said today in an e-mailed statement.

Socrates was prime minster from 2005 until 2011. In the last year of his tenure, he led the Socialist Party minority government that requested Portugal’s three-year aid program from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.