6 May, 2010 @ 11:15
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Spanish star faces prison sentence

THE prosecutor has called for a three and a half year prison sentence for the Spanish diva Pantoja on charges of money laundering.

The star is accused of obtaining large sums of money during her relationship with the former Mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz.

Pantoja is also being charged with a 3.7m euro fine for her part in helping Muñoz to launder money he received in bribes throughout his term as Mayor.

Muñoz is currently facing seven and a half years in prison in the Malaya corruption case, while his ex-wife Maite Zaldívar is charged with three and a half years.

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s report analysed the economic movements of the trio, concluding that both women concealed illegally-acquired money and property.

It states that Pantoja laundered up to 1.8m euros by purchasing property.

The prosecutor noted that in 2002, before her relationship Muñoz, the singer paid in less than 5,000 € in cash to the bank, but between 2003 and 2006 that amount was 100 times higher.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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