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Ronda town hall facing €2.8m legal battle with supermarket as corruption case rumbles on

By Jon Clarke and Anthony Piovesan A leading supermarket group is demanding €2.8 million from Ronda town hall. The move comes after Eroski pulled out of a giant commercial centre project that

20 Nov, 2022 @ 20:47

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Prosecutor drops fraud and corruption charges against former Barcelona footballer Neymar in Spain

THE Public Prosecutor has dropped corruption and fraud charges on Friday against football star Neymar and others concerning the Brazilian’s 2013 move from Santos to Barcelona. In a surprise move during the

28 Oct, 2022 @ 14:38

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Football·Lead·Sport

Brazilian football star Neymar returns to Barcelona for start of corruption trial

BRAZILIAN football star Neymar arrived in Barcelona on Monday for the first day of his corruption trial, related to his 2013 transfer from Brazilian club Santos to the Catalan capital. Also present

17 Oct, 2022 @ 16:32

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Ex-Valencia president, Eduardo Zaplana, accused of using laundered money to buy €1.6 million apartment in Spain's Madrid

Former Valencia region president Zaplana faces up to 19 years in jail if convicted of corruption in Spain

TWO former Partido Popular presidents of the Valencian Community face long jail stints if convicted of corruption over the award of a regional Wind Energy Plan and ITV concessions. Anti-Corruption prosecutors want

10 Oct, 2022 @ 15:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

EXPLAINER: How €680 million of Junta de Andalucia cash was embezzled in ERE scandal, Spain’s biggest EVER public money corruption case

OVER €25,000 per month on cocaine, €400,000 for a fake chicken farm and thousands on bottomless gin and tonics

27 Jul, 2022 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Premium

Cursach corruption case in Spain’s Mallorca suspended and could be thrown out

THE Cursach corruption case has been suspended and is at risk of being annulled. The case, which started on June 13 at the Provincial Court of Palma and was predicted to last

1 Jul, 2022 @ 11:18

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Farewell to Len Prior: the reluctant hero of the campaign against planning corruption in Spain’s Andalucia

WARM tributes have been paid to Len Prior who died last week at the age of 77, 14 years after he and his wife, Helen, reluctantly became infamous as the first expat

17 May, 2022 @ 10:00

Almeria·Lead·Must Read·Property

REVEALED: How Spain is part of rise in drug trafficking, violent crime & corruption across Europe

REPORTS show that the European cocaine market is expanding due to a flood of imports from South America. Spain, Belgium and Holland are the worst offenders, with total seizures weighing in at

8 May, 2022 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Judge throws out Covid-19 queue-jumping vaccine charges against Costa Blanca mayoral couple in Spain

Court dismisses corruption charges against Covid-19 queue-jumping Costa Blanca mayoral couple in Spain

A Denia judge has junked bribery and corruption charges against a Costa Blanca mayoral couple who got an early Covid-19 vaccination in January 2021. Els Poblets mayor, Carolina Vives, and partner, Ximo

8 Apr, 2022 @ 18:00

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Politics

Spain's Emeritus King Juan Carlos to pay income tax in exiled home of Abu Dhabi

Corruption probes into former King of Spain, Juan Carlos, dropped due to ‘lack of evidence’

PROSECUTORS in Spain are shelving two corruption probes involving former monarch, Juan Carlos, due to a lack of evidence. It’s more good news for the Emeritus King after a Swiss money laundering

2 Mar, 2022 @ 19:22

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Benidorm Politician Fully Cleared Of Being Part Of Costa Blanca Led Russian Mafia Plot In Spain

Benidorm politician cleared in corruption probe involving Russian mafia gang in Spain

BENIDORM councillor, Lorenzo Martinez Sola, has been cleared of any illegal involvement with a Russian solicitor accused of running a mafia gang operating out of the Costa Blanca. 23 people, including politicians

21 Feb, 2022 @ 20:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

How Spain compares to the rest of the world in fighting corruption

How Spain compares to the rest of the world over fighting corruption

THE image of how tough Spain is on corruption has barely changed in a year, according to the 2021 Corruption Perception Index(CPI). The CPI, published on Tuesday and compiled by Transparency International,

25 Jan, 2022 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News·Politics

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A Wasted Decade: How political corruption robbed Spain of success with renewable energies

Martin Tye of Mariposa Energia explores what's gone wrong with renewable energies in Spain.

16 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Opinion

Former priest refused bail in Gijon over child corruption charges

A FORMER priest who was arrested on suspicion of child corruption has been refused bail by the Court of Instruction number 1 in Gijón, northern Spain. The court agreed to the measure

13 Nov, 2021 @ 17:08

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Former police boss Jose Villarejo facing jail term for ‘running 20 year spying and corruption operation’ that implicated Spain’s great and good

WITH a network of crooked politicians, dirty cops, wiretaps and secret bank accounts, it might be the plot of a blockbuster Hollywood crime thriller. But these are just some of the astonishing

13 Oct, 2021 @ 19:55

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Corruption: Police officers in southern Spain busted over pocketing €7,500 each to ignore drug shipments from Morocco

THREE police officers have been arrested and accused of charging smugglers thousands of euros to turn a blind eye to a 750kg shipment of hashish. They each pocketed €7,500 and agreed not

5 Jul, 2021 @ 18:15

Lead·Malaga

CORRUPTION SWOOP: High-ranking politicians arrested in Spain’s Valencia on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for public contracts

According to police sources, firms paid illegal commissions in exchange for the right to purchase and build on publicly owned land in and around Valencia.

14 May, 2021 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics·Valencia·Valencian Community

Orihuela Mayor's Corruption Court Date Is Postponed On Spain's Costa Blanca But He Faces A Friday Council Showdown

Mayor’s corruption quiz is delayed on Spain’s Costa Blanca but he still faces a resignation vote

ORIHUELA mayor, Emilio Bascuñana, will not be testifying tomorrow(April 30) over accusations that he embezzled over €200,000 of public money over a non-existent job. That leaves him free to try to fight-off

29 Apr, 2021 @ 20:13

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Government of Spain’s Balearic Islands block anti-corruption investigation into vaccination of senior officials

An investigation had been opened over the controversial claim that six officials in Mallorca were among the first be vaccinated in the region

12 Apr, 2021 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Los Montesinos Mayor on Spain's Costa Blanca to face corruption court quiz

Mayor in power for 30 years on Spain’s Costa Blanca will face corruption court quiz

A Torrevieja court says there is a case to answer involving alleged corruption by the Los Montesinos mayor, Jose Manuel Butron. He is accused of breaking planning laws and of administrative prevarication

30 Mar, 2021 @ 20:30

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Former FC Barcelona president arrested in police corruption probe over La Liga club in Spain

CATALAN police raided FC Barcelona’s Nou Camp headquarters and various homes this morning(March 1) to arrest several people including ex-club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu. The operation is being run by the financial

1 Mar, 2021 @ 14:35

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Football·Lead·National News·Sport

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Spain ranked at number 32 according to an annual survey of world corruption

SOMALIA and South Sudan are the most corrupt countries on Earth, with Spain ranking at number 32 according to an annual survey of world corruption. Bribery and backhanded deals is still rife across

25 Feb, 2021 @ 13:30

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The key players from the last 20 years of corruption on the costa del sol

FREQUENTLY named amongst the most corrupt countries in Europe, Spain has had more than its fair share of money-grubbing mayors, bullfighting impresarios, crooked police chiefs and blustering businessmen. And over the years, they’ve

24 Feb, 2021 @ 17:37

Corruption trial involving ex-mayor of Calpe gets delayed yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE trial of ex-Calpe mayor Javier Morato for his alleged role in a fraudulent €4 million waste contract has been delayed yet again. That’s because the Alicante courtroom is not big enough

30 Jan, 2021 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Former Spanish king Juan Carlos faces further corruption charges

SPAIN’S Supreme Court is investigating new charges of corruption against the country’s former monarch. The general attorney’s office has ordered anticorruption and organised crime prosecutors to hand over reports on the king

4 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

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Mayor in power for 30 years faces corruption quiz on Spain’s Costa Blanca

LOS MONTESINOS mayor, Jose Manuel Butron, could be thrown out of office if he is found guilty of harassment, bribery, and prevarication charges. Butron has been the PSOE mayor of the southern

28 Sep, 2020 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia